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What are the Systemic Contraindications for NMT?
- 1. Skin rashes
- 2. Open wounds (including stitches & dental surgery)
- 3. Abdominal portion on Pregnant women
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What are the Contradictions for Deep NMT?
(Light/tracing NMT only)
- 1. Arthritis/Joint Inflammation
- 2. Bone Fractures
- 3. Bruises
- 4. CV-heart attack, recent stroke, HTN
- 5.Cancer
- 6. Fever/Systemic Infections
- 7. Inflammation
- 8. Muscular tears, torn ligaments
- 9. Varicosities
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What are the Indications for either light or deep NMT?
- 1. Any dysfunction of the nervous system
- 2. Any dysfunction of the muscular system
- 3. Postural Issues
- 4. Learning Disorders
- 5. Stress-related Disorders
- 6. Misc.
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What are some Nervous System indications for NMT?
- 1. Any dysfunction of the nervous system.
- 2. Bell's Palsy
- 3. Headache
- 4. Neuralgia
- 5. Sciatica
- 6. Tics
- 7. Nerve Disease
- 8. Multiple Sclerosis
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What are some Muscular System indications for NMT?
- 1. Any muscular system dysfunction
- 2. Fibromyalgia
- 3. Muscle spasm
- 4. Rotator cuff issues
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What are som Postural Issues indicated for NMT?
- 1. Poor posture
- 2. Postural reintegration
- 3. Raised shoulder
- 4. Scoliosis
- 5. Short leg
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What are some Learning Disorders indications for NMT?
- 1. Learning disorders
- 2. Dyslexia
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What are some Stress-related Disorder indications for NMT?
- 1. Stress
- 2. Tension
- 3. Headache
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What are some Miscellaneous indications for NMT?
- 1. Subluxations
- 2. Carpal tunnel syndrome
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Name 2 people central to the history of NMT.
- 1. Stanley LiefÂ
- 2. Leon Chaitow
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Who was Stanley Lief?
- -ND, DC
- -Originator of NMT
- -Developed NMT as a means of preparing ct.'s soft tissues for chiropractic treatment.
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Who was Leon Chaitow?
- -ND, DO
- -Modern developer of NMT.
- -Based his work off of Boris Chaitow's (a contemporary and coworker of Stanley Lief)
- -Died in 2018 (daughter, Dr. Sasha Chaitow maintains his legacy at leonchaitow.com)
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List four Soft Tissue Stress Categories covered in class.
- 1. Physiological
- 2. Behavioral
- 3. Emotional
- 4. Structural
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What is a Physiological Soft Tissue Stressor; give examples?
- -Repetitive stresses to soft tissue that come about due to habitual patterns of use that can increase muscle hypertonicity, tension, and other changes.
- -E.g.,: Occupational, sporting, and general activities
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What is an Emotional Soft Tissue Stressor; give examples?
- -'Emotional attitudes' or moods can produce postural patterns with long-term effects that can be a source of soft tissue stress.
- -'Emotional attitudes' e.g.: Anger, Fear
- -Moods e.g.: Excitement, Anxiety, Depression
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What is a Behavioral Soft Tissue Stressor; give examples?
- -Habitual, repetitive patterns of muscular activity that become established via their shear frequency and can lead to the development of soft tissue stress.
- -Crossing legs, wearing heels, flipping hair, may be cultural (more voluntary than Physiological Stressors)
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What is a Structural Soft Tissue Stressor; give examples?
- -Inborn features and acquired structural changes that place additional demands on the adaptive capacity of soft tissues.
- -E.g.: Congenital factors, Acquired malalignments, Pathology
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Where do we start the spinal section of NMT and why?
- -Begin at occipital protuberance.
- -Because this is where the brain and spine meet.
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What is the benefit of performing a Postural Assessment before treating a client with NMT?
- 1. Provides a baseline
- 2. Records any postural changes
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