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Massage And Basic Medical Terms

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1. Abdominal region lateral to the epigastric reagion
Given to a Hindu seer by the God Indra
auxiliary
hypochondrium
flexion

2. Offering or providing help
auxiliary
The tradition of massage for athletes in the U.S.
morbidity
improved the timeline for recovery of soldiers of WWI

3. Massage practiced in China since 3000 B.C.
extension
Dr. Douglas Graham
Chinese amma techniques
deep

4. 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
proximal
Physical Therapist who developed Myeofacial Release
Given to a Hindu seer by the God Indra
auto-immunity

5. Turning the foot outward by elevating it laterally
Eunice Ingram
COMTA
Dr. George Taylor
eversion

6. Family was prominent in the cereal business
flexion
mastoid
James Harvey Kellogg
medial

7. Aka Chinese Acupoints
Japanese Tsubo
genetic/congenital
NCCAM
Wrote the first English based book on the Swedish Movement Cure using Mezger's classifications in 1851

8. Amsterdam physician who characterized the methods of soft tissue manipulation as effleurage - petrissage - friction and tapotement
coronal plane
normal process of aging - gradual deterioration of normal cells and body function
Johann George Mezger
published a natural health magazine called Physical Culture

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

10. Optimal functioning with freedom of disease
extension
neoplasm
health
published a natural health magazine called Physical Culture

11. Triangle shaped
cervical
deltoid
ventral
epigastric

12. Degeneration
normal process of aging - gradual deterioration of normal cells and body function
AMTA
effleurage
rubbing in massage is a way to do this

13. Published a book in 1902 that convinced medical professionals of the therapeutic effects of massage
malignant
Hippocrates
Dr. Douglas Graham
Ayru-Veda

14. Below the surface
deep
normal process of aging - gradual deterioration of normal cells and body function
Japanese Tsubo
definition of 'symptom'

15. FSMTB
flexion
Chinese amma techniques
body is invaded by pathogenic organisms such as bacteria - virus - fungus - parasites. May cause disease by interfereing with the normal functions of the host
Federation of State Massage Therapy Boards

16. Pulling foot up towards the anterior part of the leg
Physical Therapist who developed Myeofacial Release
NCBTMB
General Adaptation Syndrome
dorsiflexion

17. Forehead
extension
dorsiflexion
compressions
frontal

18. Centered around athletes and gymnasts using massage - exercise and bathing
femoral
Greek massage
NCCAM
lateral flexion

19. Refers to the FREQUENCY of disability or deaths
eversion
stress
cervical
morbidity

20. Massage and Bodywork Licensing exam
MBLex
brachial
mortality
improved the timeline for recovery of soldiers of WWI

21. Definition: to push or pull
improved the timeline for recovery of soldiers of WWI
Tui-na
resistance reaction of stress
effleurage

22. Roman Baths
friction
this massage centered mainly around royalty
start of the modern day spas
Paul St. John

23. Toward the middle or midline of the body
Amma techniques
mortality
Hippocrates
medial

24. Constantine
effleurage
James Harvey Kellogg
brachial
this person abolished massage and destroyed baths & gymnasiums

25. An onset of disease process s that are likely to occur
predisposing conditions
auto-immunity
Dr. George Taylor
NCCAM

26. Rubbing body part over another to create heat
The tradition of massage for athletes in the U.S.
friction
neoplasm
rubbing in massage is a way to do this

27. Stomach
Hippocrates
Includes Greece - Italy & Egyptian civilizations
gastric
COMTA

28. Gliding massage stroke
cervical
exhaustion phase of stress
effleurage
medial

29. Wrote about using physcial therapy on soldiers of WWI (1914-1918)
James B. Mennell
stress
hypogastric
Japanese Tsubo

30. Tumor that is usually not life-threatening
hypogastric
deltoid
benign
genetic/congenital

31. Example: side bends
Dr. Douglas Graham
health
lateral flexion
Western Massage

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

33. A military nurse who figured prominently in the development & training of physical therapists in the U.S.
Mary McMillan
believed that all physicians should be trained in massage as a method of healing
horse & warrior
auto-immunity

34. Abnormal growth (tumor).
John Upledger
predisposing conditions
neoplasm
popliteal

35. Decreasing the angle between two bones
Emil Vodder
flexion
Pehr Henrik Ling
David Palmer

36. Touch Research Institute (TRI)
morbidity
mortality
Greek massage
Created in 1992 & was the first centered devoted to basic and applied research in the use of touch in human health development

37. Increasing the angle between two bones
Shiatsu points
Emil Vodder
alarm phase of stress
extension

38. The art of rubbing upward not downward
improved the timeline for recovery of soldiers of WWI
Dr. George Taylor
cervical
anatripsis

39. James Harvey Kellogg
promoted biological living at his natural healing resort
MBLex
brachial
David Palmer

40. Dr. Mathias Roth

41. Infection
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
stress
popliteal

42. Abnormalities of development caused by faulty genetic programming or due to noxious influences in the fetus while in the uterus
morbidity
compressions
auto-immunity
genetic/congenital

43. National Center for Complementary & Alternative Medicine
NCCAM
Japanese Tsubo
malignant
coronal plane

44. A collection of signs & symptoms usually with common etiology which present a picture of a pathological condition
benign
horse & warrior
definintion of syndrome
coronal plane

45. Cancerous growth that may result in death
malignant
James B. Mennell
deficiency
Dr. Douglas Graham

46. Region below the stomach
definition of 'symptom'
Dr. Douglas Graham
effleurage
hypogastric

47. Pertaining to the femur
flexion
Shiatsu points
femoral
body is invaded by pathogenic organisms such as bacteria - virus - fungus - parasites. May cause disease by interfereing with the normal functions of the host

48. Bernarr MacFadden
Esalen Massage
published a natural health magazine called Physical Culture
horse & warrior
neoplasm

49. Developer of the massage chair
benign
gluteal
David Palmer
The tradition of massage for athletes in the U.S.

50. Behind the knee
resistance reaction of stress
popliteal
friction
Western Massage