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Massage And Basic Medical Terms

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1. Bernarr MacFadden
stress
cervical
Greek massage
published a natural health magazine called Physical Culture

2. Triangle shaped
David Palmer
predisposing conditions
deltoid
Amma

3. Touch Research Institute (TRI)
resistance reaction of stress
NCCAM
Created in 1992 & was the first centered devoted to basic and applied research in the use of touch in human health development
Paul St. John

4. Massage and Bodywork Licensing exam
MBLex
benign
auto-immunity
this person abolished massage and destroyed baths & gymnasiums

5. Developer of the massage chair
eversion
David Palmer
Federation of State Massage Therapy Boards
flexion

6. Massage practices returned to Europe and flourished
benign
Renaissance period
start of the modern day spas
Chinese amma techniques

7. Family was prominent in the cereal business
proximal
mastoid
benign
James Harvey Kellogg

8. Towards the origin
cervical
Federation of State Massage Therapy Boards
Dr. George Taylor
proximal

9. Definition: to push or pull
auxiliary
cervical
Tui-na
horse & warrior

10. ABMP
ventral
Associated Bodywork & MassageProfessionals
Chinese amma techniques
neoplasm

11. Pertaining to the arm
believed that all physicians should be trained in massage as a method of healing
predisposing conditions
brachial
normal process of aging - gradual deterioration of normal cells and body function

12. Two stances in massage
Mary McMillan
horse & warrior
hypochondrium
auxiliary

13. Front of body
Dr. George Taylor
hypogastric
ventral
effleurage

14. Subjective abnormalities as reported by the patient/client - what do they tell you?

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15. Refers to the FREQUENCY of disability or deaths
Paul St. John
MBLex
Ayru-Veda
morbidity

16. Turning the foot outward by elevating it laterally
inguinal
definintion of syndrome
popliteal
eversion

17. James B. Mennell
deltoid
improved the timeline for recovery of soldiers of WWI
Mary McMillan
stress

18. Indian and Hindu practices
deltoid
Ayru-Veda
Amma
Wrote the first English based book on the Swedish Movement Cure using Mezger's classifications in 1851

19. Infection
General Adaptation Syndrome
Tui-na
body is invaded by pathogenic organisms such as bacteria - virus - fungus - parasites. May cause disease by interfereing with the normal functions of the host
this person abolished massage and destroyed baths & gymnasiums

20. Forehead
frontal
Emil Vodder
Ambrose Pare
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

21. Increasing the angle between two bones
extension
gluteal
cervical
Ayru-Veda

22. Centered around athletes and gymnasts using massage - exercise and bathing
Dr. Douglas Graham
Greek massage
coronal plane
neoplasm

23. Egyptian
Pehr Henrik Ling
this massage centered mainly around royalty
effleurage
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

24. Stomach
lateral flexion
Paul St. John
gastric
mortality

25. Fight or flight
cervical
Physical Therapist who developed Myeofacial Release
alarm phase of stress
proximal

26. Toward the middle or midline of the body
inguinal
promoted biological living at his natural healing resort
Japanese Tsubo
medial

27. Offering or providing help
anatripsis
auxiliary
Emil Vodder
definition of 'sign'

28. Published a book in 1902 that convinced medical professionals of the therapeutic effects of massage
Hippocrates
MBLex
Dr. Douglas Graham
alarm phase of stress

29. Through secreting of regulating hormones - it allows the body to continue fighting a stressor long after the effects of the alarm has dissipated
epigastric
lateral flexion
General Adaptation Syndrome
resistance reaction of stress

30. Lived (460 to 380 B.C.)
Emil Vodder
start of the modern day spas
considered by some as the Father of Swedish Massage in the U.S. & the founding father of the American Physical Education Association
Hippocrates

31. Alarm - resistance reaction - exhaustion
mastoid
malignant
Federation of State Massage Therapy Boards
General Adaptation Syndrome

32. A collection of signs & symptoms usually with common etiology which present a picture of a pathological condition
Paul St. John
Pehr Henrik Ling
definintion of syndrome
Johann George Mezger

33. Optimal functioning with freedom of disease
exhaustion phase of stress
Given to a Hindu seer by the God Indra
genetic/congenital
health

34. Behind the knee
Japanese Tsubo
Paul St. John
Given to a Hindu seer by the God Indra
popliteal

35. French barber & surgeon - described positive of massage in the healing process & relieving joint stiffness
Ambrose Pare
epigastric
this massage centered mainly around royalty
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

36. Aka the knowledge of life
Ayru-Veda
definintion of syndrome
COMTA
Given to a Hindu seer by the God Indra

37. Known as the Father of Medicine
Hippocrates
Amma
horse & warrior
Eunice Ingram

38. Objective abnormalities which can be observed by someone other than the patient/client - what do you see?

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39. Refers to the NUMBER of deaths caused by a particular disease i.e. avian flu pandemic
eversion
General Adaptation Syndrome
Dr. George Taylor
mortality

40. Rubbing body part over another to create heat
friction
Esalen Massage
mastoid
definition of 'sign'

41. Damage caused by mechanical injury - chemical agents - extreme heat of cold and radiation which alters the body's normal homeostatic process
Emil Vodder
effleurage
trauma
Esalen Massage

42. Divides the body into front and back halves
coronal plane
NCCAM
Shiatsu points
Pehr Henrik Ling

43. Below the surface
Hippocrates
Japanese Tsubo
Pehr Henrik Ling
deep

44. Groin
Emil Vodder
epigastric
deltoid
inguinal

45. Developed cure for lymphedema & other diseases of venous or lymph circulation
extension
anatripsis
genetic/congenital
Emil Vodder

46. Region above the stomach
Pehr Henrik Ling
James B. Mennell
epigastric
Amma

47. National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork
AMTA
NCBTMB
health
compressions

48. Definition: press or rub
neoplasm
Amma
MBLex
Includes Greece - Italy & Egyptian civilizations

49. Help to bind a joint that is too loose
rubbing in massage is a way to do this
body is invaded by pathogenic organisms such as bacteria - virus - fungus - parasites. May cause disease by interfereing with the normal functions of the host
Hippocrates
auto-immunity

50. Pulling foot up towards the anterior part of the leg
effleurage
Johann George Mezger
dorsiflexion
Esalen Massage