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Massage And Basic Medical Terms

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1. Definition: to push or pull
proximal
Mary McMillan
Tui-na
Ayru-Veda

2. Pressed to effect the circulation of ki (life force)
Shiatsu points
Hippocrates
deficiency
exhaustion phase of stress

3. Lived (460 to 380 B.C.)
General Adaptation Syndrome
Hippocrates
Dr. George Taylor
Ambrose Pare

4. ABMP
Greek massage
Hippocrates
Associated Bodywork & MassageProfessionals
Emil Vodder

5. Relating to the neck
Esalen Massage
cervical
promoted biological living at his natural healing resort
genetic/congenital

6. Damage caused by mechanical injury - chemical agents - extreme heat of cold and radiation which alters the body's normal homeostatic process
trauma
body is invaded by pathogenic organisms such as bacteria - virus - fungus - parasites. May cause disease by interfereing with the normal functions of the host
coronal plane
Hippocrates

7. Wrote about using physcial therapy on soldiers of WWI (1914-1918)
lateral
MBLex
NCBTMB
James B. Mennell

8. Tumor that is usually not life-threatening
benign
auxiliary
John Upledger
Ayru-Veda

9. Aka Chinese Acupoints
effleurage
Japanese Tsubo
epigastric
auxiliary

10. Alarm - resistance reaction - exhaustion
lateral
General Adaptation Syndrome
Ayru-Veda
mastoid

11. Centered around athletes and gymnasts using massage - exercise and bathing
Western Massage
General Adaptation Syndrome
definintion of syndrome
Greek massage

12. Gliding massage stroke
frontal
effleurage
Mary McMillan
promoted biological living at his natural healing resort

13. Stimulates nerves in the finger pressure technique
Shiatsu points
this massage centered mainly around royalty
deficiency
inguinal

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
this person abolished massage and destroyed baths & gymnasiums
femoral
morbidity
Associated Bodywork & MassageProfessionals

16. Pertaining to the side of the body
Amma techniques
MBLex
lateral
cervical

17. Disorder resulting from an imbalance of essential nutrients
deficiency
hypochondrium
normal process of aging - gradual deterioration of normal cells and body function
friction

18. Developed modern Reflexology by building on the work of Dr. Fitzgerald
Eunice Ingram
inguinal
Paul St. John
believed that all physicians should be trained in massage as a method of healing

19. Divides the body into front and back halves
Federation of State Massage Therapy Boards
Eunice Ingram
coronal plane
eversion

20. Published a book in 1902 that convinced medical professionals of the therapeutic effects of massage
mastoid
Dr. Douglas Graham
horse & warrior
Hippocrates

21. Pertaining to the arm
start of the modern day spas
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
brachial
AMTA

22. To press or squeeze together
Federation of State Massage Therapy Boards
horse & warrior
Associated Bodywork & MassageProfessionals
compressions

23. American Massage Therapy Association
brachial
Hippocrates
AMTA
frontal

24. Ayru-Veda
Given to a Hindu seer by the God Indra
horse & warrior
resistance reaction of stress
this person abolished massage and destroyed baths & gymnasiums

25. Abnormal growth (tumor).
definition of 'symptom'
Greek massage
published a natural health magazine called Physical Culture
neoplasm

26. Definition: press or rub
dorsiflexion
Amma
considered by some as the Father of Swedish Massage in the U.S. & the founding father of the American Physical Education Association
Ambrose Pare

27. Increasing the angle between two bones
extension
Greek massage
Japanese Tsubo
cervical

28. Touch Research Institute (TRI)
Pehr Henrik Ling
Created in 1992 & was the first centered devoted to basic and applied research in the use of touch in human health development
eversion
Emil Vodder

29. Sports massage
COMTA
The tradition of massage for athletes in the U.S.
Amma
flexion

30. Rubbing body part over another to create heat
Dr. George Taylor
Pehr Henrik Ling
compressions
friction

31. Infection
proximal
body is invaded by pathogenic organisms such as bacteria - virus - fungus - parasites. May cause disease by interfereing with the normal functions of the host
Ayru-Veda
predisposing conditions

32. Aka Swedish Massage
gastric
Western Massage
NCBTMB
inguinal

33. Forehead
extension
coronal plane
frontal
Associated Bodywork & MassageProfessionals

34. Dr. Mathias Roth

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35. Developed cure for lymphedema & other diseases of venous or lymph circulation
definintion of syndrome
Bernarr MacFadden
Emil Vodder
body is invaded by pathogenic organisms such as bacteria - virus - fungus - parasites. May cause disease by interfereing with the normal functions of the host

36. Dr. Douglas Graham
Amma
gastric
Dr. George Taylor
considered by some as the Father of Swedish Massage in the U.S. & the founding father of the American Physical Education Association

37. Roman Empire
Created in 1992 & was the first centered devoted to basic and applied research in the use of touch in human health development
Includes Greece - Italy & Egyptian civilizations
frontal
coronal plane

38. First written text in 500 B.C. - Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine
definintion of syndrome
Amma
Wrote the first English based book on the Swedish Movement Cure using Mezger's classifications in 1851
hypochondrium

39. Constantine
Federation of State Massage Therapy Boards
Mary McMillan
considered by some as the Father of Swedish Massage in the U.S. & the founding father of the American Physical Education Association
this person abolished massage and destroyed baths & gymnasiums

40. Stomach
believed that all physicians should be trained in massage as a method of healing
gastric
lateral
Renaissance period

41. Example: side bends
auto-immunity
lateral flexion
anatripsis
proximal

42. Massage and Bodywork Licensing exam
Japanese Tsubo
MBLex
body is invaded by pathogenic organisms such as bacteria - virus - fungus - parasites. May cause disease by interfereing with the normal functions of the host
health

43. James B. Mennell
Shiatsu points
improved the timeline for recovery of soldiers of WWI
predisposing conditions
Hippocrates

44. The art of rubbing upward not downward
Dr. George Taylor
extension
anatripsis
predisposing conditions

45. Recognized for the U.S. development of Neuromuscular Therapies
AMTA
mortality
Paul St. John
medial

46. Degeneration
auto-immunity
normal process of aging - gradual deterioration of normal cells and body function
Amma techniques
James Harvey Kellogg

47. FSMTB
Hippocrates
genetic/congenital
Renaissance period
Federation of State Massage Therapy Boards

48. Decreasing the angle between two bones
benign
Dr. Douglas Graham
flexion
hypochondrium

49. Family was prominent in the cereal business
hypochondrium
flexion
frontal
James Harvey Kellogg

50. Abnormalities of development caused by faulty genetic programming or due to noxious influences in the fetus while in the uterus
genetic/congenital
deficiency
health
Includes Greece - Italy & Egyptian civilizations