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Massage And Basic Medical Terms

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1. A collection of signs & symptoms usually with common etiology which present a picture of a pathological condition
definition of 'sign'
Pehr Henrik Ling
gluteal
definintion of syndrome

2. James Harvey Kellogg
eversion
stress
promoted biological living at his natural healing resort
Pehr Henrik Ling

3. Amsterdam physician who characterized the methods of soft tissue manipulation as effleurage - petrissage - friction and tapotement
Johann George Mezger
David Palmer
Pehr Henrik Ling
benign

4. Definition: press or rub
AMTA
auxiliary
Emil Vodder
Amma

5. A military nurse who figured prominently in the development & training of physical therapists in the U.S.
medial
alarm phase of stress
Mary McMillan
frontal

6. Region below the stomach
gastric
Pehr Henrik Ling
hypogastric
deep

7. Brought the tradition of natural health to the general public instead of limiting it to the rich
normal process of aging - gradual deterioration of normal cells and body function
Bernarr MacFadden
definition of 'symptom'
malignant

8. Region of the spine with 7 vertebrae
NCCAM
eversion
cervical
popliteal

9. National Center for Complementary & Alternative Medicine
James B. Mennell
Given to a Hindu seer by the God Indra
NCCAM
medial

10. Hippocrates
Dr. Douglas Graham
believed that all physicians should be trained in massage as a method of healing
gluteal
Hippocrates

11. Aka the knowledge of life
Dr. George Taylor
this massage centered mainly around royalty
Ayru-Veda
body is invaded by pathogenic organisms such as bacteria - virus - fungus - parasites. May cause disease by interfereing with the normal functions of the host

12. Pressed to effect the circulation of ki (life force)
malignant
Shiatsu points
believed that all physicians should be trained in massage as a method of healing
Greek massage

13. Toward the middle or midline of the body
medial
Ambrose Pare
predisposing conditions
Ayru-Veda

14. Infection
mastoid
body is invaded by pathogenic organisms such as bacteria - virus - fungus - parasites. May cause disease by interfereing with the normal functions of the host
Japanese Tsubo
Amma

15. ABMP
Pehr Henrik Ling
Associated Bodywork & MassageProfessionals
John Upledger
deltoid

16. James B. Mennell
Federation of State Massage Therapy Boards
General Adaptation Syndrome
improved the timeline for recovery of soldiers of WWI
ventral

17. Increasing the angle between two bones
AMTA
extension
anatripsis
benign

18. Forehead
Ayru-Veda
mortality
considered by some as the Father of Swedish Massage in the U.S. & the founding father of the American Physical Education Association
frontal

19. Known as the Father of Medicine
deep
Hippocrates
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
improved the timeline for recovery of soldiers of WWI

20. Pertaining to the femur
Chinese amma techniques
femoral
friction
popliteal

21. American Massage Therapy Association
James B. Mennell
AMTA
General Adaptation Syndrome
Shiatsu points

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

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23. Below the surface
anatripsis
NCCAM
AMTA
deep

24. Touch Research Institute (TRI)
Created in 1992 & was the first centered devoted to basic and applied research in the use of touch in human health development
NCCAM
femoral
NCBTMB

25. Dr. Mathias Roth

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26. Abdominal region lateral to the epigastric reagion
hypochondrium
Johann George Mezger
Paul St. John
Hippocrates

27. National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork
NCBTMB
this massage centered mainly around royalty
Japanese Tsubo
cervical

28. Ayru-Veda
Given to a Hindu seer by the God Indra
Amma
hypogastric
COMTA

29. Region of the skull behind the ear (mastoid process)
Hippocrates
Japanese Tsubo
deep
mastoid

30. Two stances in massage
compressions
Wrote the first English based book on the Swedish Movement Cure using Mezger's classifications in 1851
horse & warrior
alarm phase of stress

31. Developed modern Reflexology by building on the work of Dr. Fitzgerald
Johann George Mezger
Eunice Ingram
The tradition of massage for athletes in the U.S.
neoplasm

32. Constantine
Ayru-Veda
this person abolished massage and destroyed baths & gymnasiums
Chinese amma techniques
Associated Bodywork & MassageProfessionals

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

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34. Definition: to push or pull
Japanese Tsubo
extension
Tui-na
friction

35. French barber & surgeon - described positive of massage in the healing process & relieving joint stiffness
Includes Greece - Italy & Egyptian civilizations
Ambrose Pare
gastric
epigastric

36. Buttocks
alarm phase of stress
gluteal
improved the timeline for recovery of soldiers of WWI
Eunice Ingram

37. Bernarr MacFadden
published a natural health magazine called Physical Culture
Shiatsu points
David Palmer
extension

38. Decreasing the angle between two bones
proximal
The tradition of massage for athletes in the U.S.
flexion
NCCAM

39. Massage and Bodywork Licensing exam
John Upledger
promoted biological living at his natural healing resort
predisposing conditions
MBLex

40. Sports massage
effleurage
genetic/congenital
Johann George Mezger
The tradition of massage for athletes in the U.S.

41. It takes place if the stress continues without relief
Tui-na
rubbing in massage is a way to do this
exhaustion phase of stress
popliteal

42. Towards the origin
AMTA
cervical
frontal
proximal

43. Optimal functioning with freedom of disease
Esalen Massage
frontal
health
benign

44. The art of rubbing upward not downward
anatripsis
AMTA
Given to a Hindu seer by the God Indra
Emil Vodder

45. Fight or flight
AMTA
Greek massage
Given to a Hindu seer by the God Indra
alarm phase of stress

46. Degeneration
lateral flexion
normal process of aging - gradual deterioration of normal cells and body function
anatripsis
Amma

47. Rubbing body part over another to create heat
brachial
cervical
normal process of aging - gradual deterioration of normal cells and body function
friction

48. Divides the body into front and back halves
effleurage
Hippocrates
extension
coronal plane

49. Any physiological or physical situation or conditon that causes tension or strain
Given to a Hindu seer by the God Indra
Shiatsu points
mortality
stress

50. Triangle shaped
femoral
medial
David Palmer
deltoid