From your question, I'm not sure if you are questioning the justification of learning certain information for schooling, or as part of an assignment, you have been challenged to contemplate why an MT may need to know these things; but here it goes...
In a theoretical sense, understanding and respecting the basic structure of cells is a good foundation to knowing that there is an organizational hierarchy; that there is more to learn, and you have a base of directional reference to know where to look for additional information.
In a practical sense, a massage therapist will not specifically need to pay attention to an affective change that your work will or will not provide to an organelle or ribosome, however, it does lay a foundation for additional research if at some point you become overwhelmingly bored of just doing basic massage over the next few years.
Understanding that there is a breakdown of more and more organizational components to soft-tissue - which you are learning how to manipulate - there may be some point down the road where you remember a nice, colorful depiction of an organelle in a textbook (you maybe thought was worthless way back when) that shows a bunch of stuff in it, and it said something about 'ribosomes are important in translating amino acids into properly formed proteins,' which of course are used in developing and maintaining the soft-tissue structures that you will be working with on a daily basis.
It may be then that you realize, ';Hey, I'm kind of glad that I was at least exposed to that information, because now I have a general reference of understanding to work with as I contemplate the physiological changes that I am actually imposing on my clients and patients on a daily basis.'; It is then that you might also appreciate the fact that massage is more than just working-in a bunch of lotion and oil into somebody's skin because they say it feels good.
You are in just the beginning stages of learning a time tested skill of legitimate health care without the use of machines or potions. And, as our scientific research catches up to ';legitimize'; its existence in our health care system, the focus of some of that research may very well be entitled, ';Deep Friction Manual Therapy Hastens Ribosomal Activity, Leading to Faster Protein Development and Quicker Recovery from Soft-tissue Injury.';
It may just be sensless schooling right now, but it is only a small portion of a much bigger picture at this point. I can only hope this helps in considering a different point of view. And, be stumped no more....As a massage therapist why is it important to know what orangelles do, ex ribosomes?
Maybe I just need to know more about massage therapy, but as an Anatomy instructor, I don't see how knowing about organelles specifically is necessary for a massage therapist. Tissues, yes. Bones, yes. Muscles, yes. These are structures you encounter in your job that are above the cellular level, though.
Organelles? I'm stumped, too. The only thing I can think of is that you need/are required to have a thorough background in basic science, and this info falls into that category. What does your teacher say?
In the practice of massage therapy, you will never make use of knowledge of organelles, but that knowledge will allow you to torment your client with a continuous stream of mind numbing trivia.
This knowlege is similar to the study of thermodynamics by civil engineering students. SOMEBODY thinks they should know something about it, but in 33 years of practice, it has done nothing for me.
if your a massage therapist you should know this stuff
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