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Massage And Basic Medical Terms

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1. Divides the body into front and back halves






2. Fight or flight






3. Recognized for the U.S. development of Neuromuscular Therapies






4. Bernarr MacFadden






5. Region below the stomach






6. Aka the knowledge of life






7. Published a book in 1902 that convinced medical professionals of the therapeutic effects of massage






8. Toward the middle or midline of the body






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






10. Developed What is known as Craniosacral Therapy






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

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12. Family was prominent in the cereal business






13. Roman Empire






14. To press or squeeze together






15. Centered around athletes and gymnasts using massage - exercise and bathing






16. Pertaining to the side of the body






17. Commission on Massage Therapy Accreditation






18. Includes Chinese Acupoints and Shiatsu






19. Help to bind a joint that is too loose






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






21. Roman Baths






22. James Harvey Kellogg






23. Pertaining to the femur






24. Infection






25. Decreasing the angle between two bones






26. Towards the origin






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






28. Aka Swedish Massage






29. Touch Research Institute (TRI)






30. Front of body






31. National Center for Complementary & Alternative Medicine






32. Offering or providing help






33. Constantine






34. Groin






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






36. Cancerous growth that may result in death






37. Definition: press or rub






38. Indian and Hindu practices






39. Tumor that is usually not life-threatening






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






41. 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






42. Two stances in massage






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






44. Degeneration






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






46. Rubbing body part over another to create heat






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






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






49. Stomach






50. Relating to the neck