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Massage And Basic Medical Terms

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Groin






2. Dr. Mathias Roth


3. Example: side bends






4. Degeneration






5. Turning the foot outward by elevating it laterally






6. John Barnes






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


8. James Harvey Kellogg






9. Aka the knowledge of life






10. James Harvey Kellogg






11. James B. Mennell






12. Indian and Hindu practices






13. Family was prominent in the cereal business






14. Behind the knee






15. National Center for Complementary & Alternative Medicine






16. Refers to the FREQUENCY of disability or deaths






17. Buttocks






18. Increasing the angle between two bones






19. Help to bind a joint that is too loose






20. Stomach






21. A collection of signs & symptoms usually with common etiology which present a picture of a pathological condition






22. Brought the tradition of natural health to the general public instead of limiting it to the rich






23. American Massage Therapy Association






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






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






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






27. Developed What is known as Craniosacral Therapy






28. Ayru-Veda






29. Decreasing the angle between two bones






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






31. Below the surface






32. Alarm - resistance reaction - exhaustion






33. To press or squeeze together






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






35. Roman Baths






36. ABMP






37. Towards the origin






38. Pressed to effect the circulation of ki (life force)






39. Roman Empire






40. Developer of the massage chair






41. The art of rubbing upward not downward






42. Toward the middle or midline of the body






43. Forehead






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






45. Stimulates nerves in the finger pressure technique






46. Definition: press or rub






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






48. Disorder resulting from an imbalance of essential nutrients






49. 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






50. Constantine