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Massage And Basic Medical Terms

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1. Through secreting of regulating hormones - it allows the body to continue fighting a stressor long after the effects of the alarm has dissipated






2. Brought the Swedish Movement Cure to the U.S. in 1854






3. Example: side bends






4. Includes Chinese Acupoints and Shiatsu






5. Abdominal region lateral to the epigastric reagion






6. Family was prominent in the cereal business






7. Amsterdam physician who characterized the methods of soft tissue manipulation as effleurage - petrissage - friction and tapotement






8. Degeneration






9. National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork






10. American Massage Therapy Association






11. First written text in 500 B.C. - Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine






12. Pertaining to the arm






13. Offering or providing help






14. Abnormalities of development caused by faulty genetic programming or due to noxious influences in the fetus while in the uterus






15. An onset of disease process s that are likely to occur






16. Wrote about using physcial therapy on soldiers of WWI (1914-1918)






17. Relating to the neck






18. The art of rubbing upward not downward






19. Indian and Hindu practices






20. To press or squeeze together






21. Refers to the NUMBER of deaths caused by a particular disease i.e. avian flu pandemic






22. James Harvey Kellogg






23. Dr. Mathias Roth


24. Triangle shaped






25. Pertaining to the side of the body






26. FSMTB






27. Created in Big Sur - California. It includes long flowing strokes with scented oils - incense and a connection to the inner self






28. Commission on Massage Therapy Accreditation






29. Ayru-Veda






30. Published a book in 1902 that convinced medical professionals of the therapeutic effects of massage






31. Massage practices returned to Europe and flourished






32. Roman Empire






33. Used plants - exercise & massage for treatment of disease and to maintain health






34. Region of the skull behind the ear (mastoid process)






35. Developer of the massage chair






36. Fight or flight






37. Touch Research Institute (TRI)






38. 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






39. Roman Baths






40. Tumor that is usually not life-threatening






41. Developed modern Reflexology by building on the work of Dr. Fitzgerald






42. Two stances in massage






43. Divides the body into front and back halves






44. Damage caused by mechanical injury - chemical agents - extreme heat of cold and radiation which alters the body's normal homeostatic process






45. Lived (460 to 380 B.C.)






46. Any physiological or physical situation or conditon that causes tension or strain






47. Developed cure for lymphedema & other diseases of venous or lymph circulation






48. Front of body






49. James Harvey Kellogg






50. Refers to the FREQUENCY of disability or deaths