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Massage And Basic Medical Terms
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1. Forehead
AMTA
frontal
Dr. George Taylor
Tui-na
2. Stimulates nerves in the finger pressure technique
Mary McMillan
deltoid
coronal plane
Shiatsu points
3. Hippocrates
MBLex
believed that all physicians should be trained in massage as a method of healing
hypochondrium
effleurage
4. Help to bind a joint that is too loose
hypogastric
Hippocrates
popliteal
rubbing in massage is a way to do this
5. Massage practiced in China since 3000 B.C.
Chinese amma techniques
promoted biological living at his natural healing resort
James B. Mennell
General Adaptation Syndrome
6. Constantine
frontal
Greek massage
genetic/congenital
this person abolished massage and destroyed baths & gymnasiums
7. Developed What is known as Craniosacral Therapy
trauma
John Upledger
ventral
because of this person - the first resort spa in the U.S. came into being. It promoted vegetarian diets - exercise - various forms of bathing and massage
8. Developed modern Reflexology by building on the work of Dr. Fitzgerald
The tradition of massage for athletes in the U.S.
coronal plane
Eunice Ingram
Mary McMillan
9. Optimal functioning with freedom of disease
health
Mary McMillan
morbidity
Shiatsu points
10. Tumor that is usually not life-threatening
Paul St. John
Shiatsu points
Japanese Tsubo
benign
11. Bernarr MacFadden
Amma
Renaissance period
published a natural health magazine called Physical Culture
Tui-na
12. Disorder resulting from an attack by the body's own immune system. the body identifies one or more tissues as invading organisms and forms an antibody to that tissue
hypochondrium
lateral
Physical Therapist who developed Myeofacial Release
auto-immunity
13. Family was prominent in the cereal business
Dr. Douglas Graham
this massage centered mainly around royalty
Hippocrates
James Harvey Kellogg
14. Wrote about using physcial therapy on soldiers of WWI (1914-1918)
hypogastric
Japanese Tsubo
Mary McMillan
James B. Mennell
15. Created in Big Sur - California. It includes long flowing strokes with scented oils - incense and a connection to the inner self
gastric
Esalen Massage
exhaustion phase of stress
Japanese Tsubo
16. Two stances in massage
normal process of aging - gradual deterioration of normal cells and body function
Pehr Henrik Ling
James Harvey Kellogg
horse & warrior
17. Region of the skull behind the ear (mastoid process)
gastric
mastoid
Tui-na
Wrote the first English based book on the Swedish Movement Cure using Mezger's classifications in 1851
18. First written text in 500 B.C. - Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine
auto-immunity
Ayru-Veda
Amma
popliteal
19. Known as the father of physical therapy - established the Royal Institute of Gymnastics in Stockholm in 1813
John Upledger
promoted biological living at his natural healing resort
epigastric
Pehr Henrik Ling
20. Ayru-Veda
Hippocrates
epigastric
Given to a Hindu seer by the God Indra
trauma
21. James Harvey Kellogg
frontal
coronal plane
Amma
because of this person - the first resort spa in the U.S. came into being. It promoted vegetarian diets - exercise - various forms of bathing and massage
22. Below the surface
this person abolished massage and destroyed baths & gymnasiums
deep
ventral
anatripsis
23. Abnormal growth (tumor).
Shiatsu points
NCCAM
neoplasm
cervical
24. Triangle shaped
inguinal
deltoid
definition of 'symptom'
Renaissance period
25. Increasing the angle between two bones
extension
dorsiflexion
cervical
Greek massage
26. Sports massage
Amma
Amma techniques
The tradition of massage for athletes in the U.S.
James B. Mennell
27. Pressed to effect the circulation of ki (life force)
extension
Shiatsu points
compressions
predisposing conditions
28. Recognized for the U.S. development of Neuromuscular Therapies
mastoid
Paul St. John
Ayru-Veda
start of the modern day spas
29. Rubbing body part over another to create heat
considered by some as the Father of Swedish Massage in the U.S. & the founding father of the American Physical Education Association
David Palmer
start of the modern day spas
friction
30. Abnormalities of development caused by faulty genetic programming or due to noxious influences in the fetus while in the uterus
lateral
believed that all physicians should be trained in massage as a method of healing
ventral
genetic/congenital
31. Pertaining to the side of the body
Dr. George Taylor
lateral
popliteal
The tradition of massage for athletes in the U.S.
32. Behind the knee
popliteal
genetic/congenital
deltoid
anatripsis
33. Degeneration
deltoid
coronal plane
Ayru-Veda
normal process of aging - gradual deterioration of normal cells and body function
34. Buttocks
body is invaded by pathogenic organisms such as bacteria - virus - fungus - parasites. May cause disease by interfereing with the normal functions of the host
dorsiflexion
definition of 'sign'
gluteal
35. James Harvey Kellogg
deltoid
inguinal
friction
promoted biological living at his natural healing resort
36. Aka the knowledge of life
Tui-na
Ayru-Veda
Japanese Tsubo
effleurage
37. Toward the middle or midline of the body
Bernarr MacFadden
medial
David Palmer
brachial
38. Massage practices returned to Europe and flourished
Japanese Tsubo
Renaissance period
Amma
friction
39. Brought the Swedish Movement Cure to the U.S. in 1854
The tradition of massage for athletes in the U.S.
Dr. George Taylor
medial
deep
40. Towards the origin
proximal
dorsiflexion
David Palmer
Amma
41. ABMP
Associated Bodywork & MassageProfessionals
Amma techniques
promoted biological living at his natural healing resort
Created in 1992 & was the first centered devoted to basic and applied research in the use of touch in human health development
42. James B. Mennell
David Palmer
extension
Japanese Tsubo
improved the timeline for recovery of soldiers of WWI
43. John Barnes
Ambrose Pare
definition of 'symptom'
effleurage
Physical Therapist who developed Myeofacial Release
44. Includes Chinese Acupoints and Shiatsu
benign
Shiatsu points
Japanese Tsubo
James Harvey Kellogg
45. It takes place if the stress continues without relief
ventral
frontal
lateral flexion
exhaustion phase of stress
46. Lived (460 to 380 B.C.)
epigastric
cervical
mastoid
Hippocrates
47. FSMTB
horse & warrior
Federation of State Massage Therapy Boards
deficiency
promoted biological living at his natural healing resort
48. Region below the stomach
this massage centered mainly around royalty
horse & warrior
hypogastric
Esalen Massage
49. Amsterdam physician who characterized the methods of soft tissue manipulation as effleurage - petrissage - friction and tapotement
because of this person - the first resort spa in the U.S. came into being. It promoted vegetarian diets - exercise - various forms of bathing and massage
frontal
Johann George Mezger
Bernarr MacFadden
50. Refers to the NUMBER of deaths caused by a particular disease i.e. avian flu pandemic
Physical Therapist who developed Myeofacial Release
eversion
James B. Mennell
mortality