Good, however, this is out of the course material so I will not add this to the course material. Just don't want to confuse and overload students...

It was good to see the ligaments around the knee joint in 3d

It is just my curiosity. I wanted to see a dissection of a long bone to see how the yellow bone marrow looks like. I looked at the video showing a blood sample under the microscope to see red, white cells and platelets. I looked at bones and muscles in 3D, googled the ear bones pictures.

I want you to avoid spending time 'Googeling' any course material. What do you need? Which images? Which videos?

I have two massages booked this weekend. The study part is a bit more challenging at the moment for me. It is a lot to take in but also enjoyable and interesting at the same time. I think the key is to be consistent and enjoy the learning by googling the pictures and the videos for the visual effects :D How is everyone else getting on?

Sorry for the late reply. Yes! It can be part of your massage received

Thanks Michele, Stuart and all the rest of the group. Great! Good start! Your learning curve will be quite high in the next few months, so allow some space and time. The first step in improvement is the balance between recognising your positive development, yet see what still need to get better. You are welcome to use any other oil and other 'stuff', but be I want you to focus on the things we did in class. Its lovely to add candles ect, but you should 'hold' a good massage without those.

Hi i did massage Monday and Tuesday. Went better than expected but still room for lots of improvement. Need some fluidity

Very good answer. It doesnt have to be long, just full of those details. At the end, every long questions should be about 1 to 2 pages. your writing is more concise but includes all the needed points. Its not an exam about 'how to elaborate your knowledge' but about just giving the details you know. Short is good. One word: try not to be too short...Describe things as you can, but you are in the point of good balance.

Or is this the amount of information expected for this part of the question?

Hi Dror,

This is my answer from the notes for the first part of the question but it just feels like far too much information for 7 marks. My concern is that I try to learn all of this detail then forget parts and the parts I forget are the parts that the 7 marks are actually for. If that makes sense.

• There are two major stages in inflammation.
• Acute inflammation – initial stage – usually short-term lasting for a few days. Local contraindication to massage.
• Caused by infection, tissue damage (sprain or strain), toxins and more
• Damaged cells secrete chemicals such as histamines which cause a local dilation of arteries. This causes more plasma to filtrate into the tissue resulting in heat, redness, swelling, pain and reduced function of the area. Blood vessels also increase their permeability so white blood cells can squeeze out towards the damaged area. Blood clotting then occurs around the inflamed area and seals it. Once the tissue is clean there is either regeneration of new tissue or scar tissue develops.
• Chronic inflammation – long-term response which occurs if the acute inflammation cannot solve the issue.
• Formation of abnormal collagen fibre (a scar) which reduces tissue elasticity, reduces fluid and blood movement which causes an increased waste production accumulation. The area can be pale, stiff and have a lack of blood. Chronic inflammation can stay for months and years without any apparent resolution.

Yes, you are right...

Yes I was going to just learn skin but then have come across 1 or 2 exams where neither question was on skin so think I need to learn those 4 to cover all bases!

Ok thank you for answering!

By the way, usually the 3rd section has almost always one question about the skin, and another one from other systems, so your analysis Emma is right!