MASS 286 - Pain and Stress

Credits: 1.5 Total Hours: 30

Restricted to students in Massage Therapy
Students will study the sensory, discriminative, motivational, affective, and cognitive dimensions of pain. Students will study pain measurement methods and the impact of stress on acute and chronic pain with an emphasis on differentiating between different types of pain and the clinical presentation of stress or pain related syndromes common to the practice of massage therapy.