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Massage And Basic Medical Terms

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1. John Barnes
Bernarr MacFadden
Physical Therapist who developed Myeofacial Release
horse & warrior
promoted biological living at his natural healing resort

2. Massage and Bodywork Licensing exam
Ambrose Pare
MBLex
Dr. George Taylor
definition of 'sign'

3. Known as the Father of Medicine
believed that all physicians should be trained in massage as a method of healing
exhaustion phase of stress
Amma techniques
Hippocrates

4. Two stances in massage
inguinal
Tui-na
resistance reaction of stress
horse & warrior

5. Stomach
Associated Bodywork & MassageProfessionals
gastric
cervical
Amma

6. Indian and Hindu practices
General Adaptation Syndrome
Amma
Eunice Ingram
Ayru-Veda

7. Fight or flight
alarm phase of stress
brachial
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
lateral flexion

8. Pertaining to the arm
Associated Bodywork & MassageProfessionals
Ambrose Pare
brachial
James B. Mennell

9. First written text in 500 B.C. - Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine
Amma
Western Massage
COMTA
mastoid

10. Roman Empire
General Adaptation Syndrome
neoplasm
Given to a Hindu seer by the God Indra
Includes Greece - Italy & Egyptian civilizations

11. Pulling foot up towards the anterior part of the leg
brachial
dorsiflexion
Amma
lateral

12. Disorder resulting from an imbalance of essential nutrients
rubbing in massage is a way to do this
deficiency
ventral
Dr. George Taylor

13. Abdominal region lateral to the epigastric reagion
hypochondrium
coronal plane
gluteal
Shiatsu points

14. Developer of the massage chair
David Palmer
definintion of syndrome
gastric
rubbing in massage is a way to do this

15. Pertaining to the side of the body
Ayru-Veda
COMTA
lateral
Federation of State Massage Therapy Boards

16. Abnormalities of development caused by faulty genetic programming or due to noxious influences in the fetus while in the uterus
Hippocrates
genetic/congenital
Shiatsu points
General Adaptation Syndrome

17. Aka Swedish Massage
hypochondrium
MBLex
anatripsis
Western Massage

18. A military nurse who figured prominently in the development & training of physical therapists in the U.S.
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
Japanese Tsubo
Renaissance period
Mary McMillan

19. To press or squeeze together
Amma
normal process of aging - gradual deterioration of normal cells and body function
compressions
this massage centered mainly around royalty

20. Region of the spine with 7 vertebrae
Hippocrates
James Harvey Kellogg
cervical
General Adaptation Syndrome

21. American Massage Therapy Association
AMTA
friction
definition of 'symptom'
Wrote the first English based book on the Swedish Movement Cure using Mezger's classifications in 1851

22. Refers to the FREQUENCY of disability or deaths
Hippocrates
frontal
morbidity
Japanese Tsubo

23. Rubbing body part over another to create heat
Pehr Henrik Ling
Amma techniques
popliteal
friction

24. Below the surface
promoted biological living at his natural healing resort
Japanese Tsubo
Ayru-Veda
deep

25. Turning the foot outward by elevating it laterally
eversion
popliteal
gluteal
Ayru-Veda

26. Cancerous growth that may result in death
Ambrose Pare
auxiliary
stress
malignant

27. A collection of signs & symptoms usually with common etiology which present a picture of a pathological condition
Amma
start of the modern day spas
definintion of syndrome
neoplasm

28. National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork
NCBTMB
deficiency
The tradition of massage for athletes in the U.S.
improved the timeline for recovery of soldiers of WWI

29. 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
auto-immunity
Pehr Henrik Ling
neoplasm
Amma techniques

30. Decreasing the angle between two bones
gluteal
neoplasm
flexion
Dr. Douglas Graham

31. Developed cure for lymphedema & other diseases of venous or lymph circulation
Shiatsu points
definition of 'sign'
Emil Vodder
auto-immunity

32. Massage practiced in China since 3000 B.C.
medial
Chinese amma techniques
James B. Mennell
extension

33. French barber & surgeon - described positive of massage in the healing process & relieving joint stiffness
Amma techniques
gluteal
Ambrose Pare
coronal plane

34. Example: side bends
health
Given to a Hindu seer by the God Indra
lateral flexion
rubbing in massage is a way to do this

35. Forehead
Chinese amma techniques
gluteal
epigastric
frontal

36. Lived (460 to 380 B.C.)
eversion
Hippocrates
John Upledger
lateral flexion

37. Commission on Massage Therapy Accreditation
Paul St. John
flexion
definition of 'symptom'
COMTA

38. Region below the stomach
hypogastric
NCCAM
genetic/congenital
body is invaded by pathogenic organisms such as bacteria - virus - fungus - parasites. May cause disease by interfereing with the normal functions of the host

39. Pertaining to the femur
resistance reaction of stress
femoral
epigastric
lateral flexion

40. Dr. Douglas Graham
Greek massage
definition of 'sign'
considered by some as the Father of Swedish Massage in the U.S. & the founding father of the American Physical Education Association
alarm phase of stress

41. Help to bind a joint that is too loose
rubbing in massage is a way to do this
Ambrose Pare
Created in 1992 & was the first centered devoted to basic and applied research in the use of touch in human health development
The tradition of massage for athletes in the U.S.

42. Includes Chinese Acupoints and Shiatsu
ventral
Japanese Tsubo
Hippocrates
Eunice Ingram

43. Divides the body into front and back halves
coronal plane
Ambrose Pare
effleurage
The tradition of massage for athletes in the U.S.

44. Refers to the NUMBER of deaths caused by a particular disease i.e. avian flu pandemic
mortality
James Harvey Kellogg
auto-immunity
exhaustion phase of stress

45. Alarm - resistance reaction - exhaustion
definition of 'sign'
this massage centered mainly around royalty
General Adaptation Syndrome
Eunice Ingram

46. Constantine
Federation of State Massage Therapy Boards
Amma techniques
Created in 1992 & was the first centered devoted to basic and applied research in the use of touch in human health development
this person abolished massage and destroyed baths & gymnasiums

47. Touch Research Institute (TRI)
Federation of State Massage Therapy Boards
Created in 1992 & was the first centered devoted to basic and applied research in the use of touch in human health development
Pehr Henrik Ling
Physical Therapist who developed Myeofacial Release

48. Definition: to push or pull
deltoid
believed that all physicians should be trained in massage as a method of healing
Ambrose Pare
Tui-na

49. Through secreting of regulating hormones - it allows the body to continue fighting a stressor long after the effects of the alarm has dissipated
resistance reaction of stress
coronal plane
start of the modern day spas
Created in 1992 & was the first centered devoted to basic and applied research in the use of touch in human health development

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