Massage Pathology Chronicles

Review of Mosby’s Pathology for Massage Therapists, 2nd edition, by Salvo and Anderson. Within the course of Dr. Johnson.

Chapter 7 Endocrine pathologies chapter was a good review for how the Pituitary hormones in our body work and their target organs. Also the review of the Endocrine glands was good to go over again. The most I got out of this chapter was about Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 and type ll. My neighbor has Type 1 and my Mom has type II. It was informative to see the differences in both types. I learned what to do if they have a problem. If Hyperglycemic (high blood sugar, which could lead to Diabetic coma), you should give them water or a beverage with NO sugar in it. If they are having a hypoglycemic episode (low sugar, which could lead to Insulin shock) and they are coherent you should give them one of the following: 4 oz. Orange Juice, 6 oz. regular soda not diet, tube of cake frosting or sugar cube. I also did not know that some people wore pumps for their insulin delivery.

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Review of Mosby’s Pathology for Massage Therapists, by Salvo and Anderson. Within the course of Dr. Johnson.

Chapter 6 is an overview of the endocrine system with assessment, medications used to treat diabetes, and how to identify endocrine disease and disorders. This Chapter shows the functions, types & locations of glands, discussion and assessment of depression, thyroid disorders, and endocrine disease/disorder/pathologies related to a massage practice.

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Review of Mosby’s Pathology for Massage Therapists, by Salvo and Anderson. Within the course of Dr. Johnson.

Chapter 6 did not have many personal experiences that I have had in it, but I did find it interesting that Hyperpituitarism and Hypopituitarism would cause one condition when a person is young and another as adults. As some of my friends suffer from depression, I attempt to help them through it with a nurturing massage and trying to talk them through any episodes they may be having, having had depression myself 6-7 years ago. This seems to help them improve their outlook on things to come as well as events that are in the past. I find that the people who suffered from depression often suffer from extreme anxiety as well, and massage helps to relax their bodies as well as their minds.

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Review of Mosby’s Pathology for Massage Therapists, by Salvo and Anderson.

Chapter 6–This chapter was about endocrine pathologies. The endocrine system works with the nervous system in order to “coordinate all body systems” (page 173). The difference between the endocrine and the nervous system is that the nervous system uses nerve impulses to communicate while the endocrine system uses hormones and chemical messengers. There are two different types of glands from which hormones are released. The first is an exocrine and the second is a endocrine. In addition, the chapter pairs each hormone with the gland it comes with along with the function on pages 174-175 (Table 6-1). This was very informational and helpful in understanding the different pathologies to follow throughout the rest of the chapter. For example, when there is something wrong with the pituitary gland it can cause a variety of related diseases such as acromegaly, diabetes insipidus, hypopititarism, and hyperpituitarism. This is the same with all of the pathologies listed starting on page 176 to page 185. As in the last chapters, massage considerations were discussed. For a lot of the disorders clearance needed to be obtained from the primary physician before carrying out any massage treatment plan. One exception was in the case of the goiter. I was surprised to find that if a goiter was present on a patient it can be massaged. Goiters are sometimes found in people with graves disease. One thing I learned from this chapter was that seasonal affective disorder is placed with the endocrine pathologies. I assumed it would be with depression and bipolar disorders in the neurological chapter.

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Endocrine pathologies effect growth and development by altering the secretion and production of hormones in the body.   One example of this that is very pertinent to today’s society is diabetes. Diabetes insipidus is caused by a posterior pituitary gland dysfunction that results in deficient production of anti-diuretic hormone (Salvo, 178).  Diabetes Mellitus deals with insulin production and pancreatic dysfunction.  Diabetes Mellitus can be Type 1, in which the patient has a deficiency of insulin that requires injections, or Type 2 where insulin is produced but does not enter cells. Type 2 can be treated by diet, exercise and weight loss.   In terms of the effect on massage, therapists need to be aware of injection sites (if applicable) as massage in these areas may increase the local blood flow and insulin may enter the blood rapidly.  Lighter pressure may be needed for clients with accompanying neuropathy that may exist with diabetes. The therapist should also know when the client last ate, and should be prepared in case the client has an emergency.   Due to the prevalence of diabetes in today’s society, this is an area in which therapists should have a large knowledge base.

In general, therapists should be on the lookout for lumps, masses, nodules or pigmentation changes (among other signs and symptoms) when doing a premassage assessment or during a massage.  It is important that the client be referred to a physician in order to receive proper treatment for these conditions that are often related to endocrine pathologies.

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Review of Mosby’s Pathology for Massage Therapists, by Salvo and Anderson.

Chapter 6 covers a review of the endocrine system, assessment of the endocrine system, medications used to treat diabetes, and how to identify endocrine disease and disorders. This Chapter emphasizes the functions of the endocrine system, types & locations of glands, depression, thyroid disorders, and assessment of endocrine disease, disorder, & pathologies in relationship to the practice of massage.

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Learning about the endocrine system was very beneficial to me because many of the physical symptoms of endocrine problems have always come across to me as normal, or I excuse the way certain people look as just being the way they were born, but little did I know, those were symptoms of deeper problems in their bodies. It was a big shock to me to find out different problems that people have that you would never know about because you would excuse it for different average things.

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Review of Mosby’s Pathology for Massage Therapists, by Salvo and Anderson.

This chapter is basically tells me that how to take care of the clients with endocrine diseases, it also gives me a lot of information about how to evaluate the clients with endocrine diseases. As questions during intake with the client, it explains how to avoid and work around with those diseases. It also tells me about what kind of medication and what would be the possible side effects, the major hormones and their effects in the body and all its primary action.

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Review of Mosby’s Pathology for Massage Therapists, by Salvo and Anderson.

Many Endocrine related diseases require a client health care providers approval to obtain a massage. Even though your Endocrine glands are on the inside there are a lot of symptoms that can be detected on the outside. If these symptoms go unnoticed, the disease and or the medicine associated with it could have severe consequences.

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Review of Mosby’s Pathology for Massage Therapists, by Salvo and Anderson.

This chapter talks to you about the endocrine system and how it works with the nervous system. That the endocrine system takes longer to respond to things. It tells you that our body has 2 kinds of those glands and those are the exocrine and endocrine. It explains how each gland works and how it all connects. Then it lets you know how to assess your client if he or she has any possible problems. Then it goes over which possible diseases can come along with those problems in the endocrine system. It can be problems with weight, thyroid glands, etc. There are all kinds of diseases.

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