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Massage And Basic Medical Terms

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1. Indian and Hindu practices






2. To press or squeeze together






3. Definition: press or rub






4. ABMP






5. Pertaining to the femur






6. Aka Chinese Acupoints






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






8. Commission on Massage Therapy Accreditation






9. Front of body






10. Massage practices returned to Europe and flourished






11. A military nurse who figured prominently in the development & training of physical therapists in the U.S.






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






13. Bernarr MacFadden






14. Divides the body into front and back halves






15. Hippocrates






16. Gliding massage stroke






17. Increasing the angle between two bones






18. Family was prominent in the cereal business






19. Developer of the massage chair






20. Tumor that is usually not life-threatening






21. Constantine






22. Alarm - resistance reaction - exhaustion






23. Turning the foot outward by elevating it laterally






24. Definition: to push or pull






25. National Center for Complementary & Alternative Medicine






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






27. Roman Empire






28. Toward the middle or midline of the body






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






30. Triangle shaped






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






32. FSMTB






33. Ayru-Veda






34. Refers to the FREQUENCY of disability or deaths






35. Infection






36. Abnormal growth (tumor).






37. Groin






38. Region of the spine with 7 vertebrae






39. Region above the stomach






40. The art of rubbing upward not downward






41. Touch Research Institute (TRI)






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






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






44. Sports massage






45. Known as the Father of Medicine






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






47. Degeneration






48. Behind the knee






49. James Harvey Kellogg






50. Fight or flight






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