Massage SOAP Notes - Objective/Visual section

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Objective - Testing

Range of Motion Testing

If you treat joint pain or trauma, you might want to use Range of Motion testing at the beginning of your treatment to show that treatment is necessary, and towards the end of your treatment to show that your treatment was effective. If you do, record the test results here.

Muscle Strength Testing

If you treat muscle weakness, you might want to use Muscle Strength testing at the beginning of your treatment to show that treatment is necessary, and towards the end of your treatment to show that your treatment was effective. If you do, record the test results here.

More about Muscle Testing

	Articles
	What is the "End Feel"?, Whitney Lowe Position, Motion and Resistance Testing of the Hip and Shoulder, Keith Eric Grant, Ph.D.
	Books
	Muscles: Testing and Function, by Florence Peterson Kendall, Elizabeth Kendall McCreary Measurement of Joint Motion: A Guide to Goniometry, by Cynthia C. Norkin, D. Joyce White Daniels and Worthington's Muscle Testing: Techniques of Manual Examination, by Helen J. Hislop, Jacqueline Montgomery

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