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The candidate must be able to demonstrate essential knowledge required to effectively complete tasks outlined in elements and performance criteria of this unit, manage tasks and manage contingencies in the context of the work role. This includes knowledge of:
legal and ethical considerations (national and state/territory) for client assessment:codes of conductduty of careinformed consentmandatory reportingpractitioner/client boundaries privacy, confidentiality and disclosurerecords managementwork role boundaries:working within scope of practicepresenting symptoms that require referral to a medical practitionerwork health and safetyreferral options for practitioners: professional health services including complementary health modalitiescommunity resources and support services types and availability of further medical testingfactors and barriers that may impact on assessment, including:physicalpsychologicalculturalfactors that affect individual health status, including:agegenderconstitutionlifestyledietpersonal and medical historyvalues and attitudesbalance of rest and activityphysical environmentsocial environmentclient information required for remedial massage assessment and the scope and depth of information needed around: client expectationsclient history and its componentsclient current state of healthsigns and symptomsonsetdurationlocationquality and severitynon-verbalprotocols for performing physical massage assessments:environmentequipmentclient privacyclient instructionsremedial massage diagnostic techniques, how and when they are used:discussionmuscle strength and length testsobservation, including variations of postureorthopaedic testspalpation of prominent bones/structure and phasic and postural musclesROM teststemperature contraindications to treatment and possible indications for referral:weak bone/joint instability neurological dysfunction vascular disorderslack of working diagnosis pain of excessive nature or abnormal responses to treatmentpatient non-compliance anatomy:body systems relevant to massage assessmentmuscular physiologynervous system, including myotomes, peripheral nerves, nerve impingements (both root and peripheral)integumentaryskeletalmuscles – major muscle actions including individual actions, planes and synergistic groups:temporalis masseterfrontalispterygoidslongus collidigastricrectus capitis posteriorobliquus capitis superiorobliquus capitis inferiorsplenius capitissplenius cervicissemi-spinalis capitisscalenessternocleidomastoidtrapeziuslevator scapulaelatissimus dorsisupraspinatusinfraspinatusteres majorteres minorsubscapularisrhomboidspectoralis majorpectoralis minorserratus anteriorintercostalsserratus posterior superiorrectus abdominisquadratus lumborumpsoastransverse abdominisinternal/external obliqueserector spinae semispinalismultifidusrotatoresgluteus maximusgluteus mediusgluteus minimuspiriformisgemellus superior/inferiorobturator internus and externusquadratus femorisquadricepssartoriusgracillispectineustibialis anteriortibialis posteriorperonealsflexor digitorum longusflexor hallucis longushamstringsadductor magnusadductor longuspopliteusgastrocnemiussoleusextensor digitorum longusextensor hallucis longusdeltoidbiceps brachiitriceps brachiiflexor carpi radialusflexor carpi ulnarispalmaris longuspronator teresbrachioradialisbrachialisextensor carpi radialissupinatoranconeus coracobrachialisthenar muscleskeleton:bones of the bodymajor bony landmarkssurface anatomy and palpable bony landmarksbone growth and remodellingbony landmarks pertaining to muscles joints:joint classifications – fibrous, cartilaginous, synovial (glide, plane, ball/socket, saddle, hinge, condyloid, pivot) joint actionsdetailed joint anatomy for each major joint (shoulder, hip, sacroiliac, knee, ankle/foot, wrist, elbow, acromioclavicular, sternoclavicular, costal, spine, atlanto-occipital, temporomandibular)accessory/secondary/coupled motions of jointscapsular restrictions and patternsphysiology:soft tissue:muscle contractionmuscle physiology (reflexes, chemistry, proprioceptors)tendons and ligamentsfascia hard tissue:bone growth and developmentabnormal bone growth conditions commonly seen by massage therapists, including:neck, back pain and headachemuscle, connective tissue and joint painarthritisrepetitive strain injuries and occupational overuse syndromespostural problemssports and activity related conditionsstress, anxiety and other mood related problemstreatment planning techniques and considerations