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Massage And Basic Medical Terms
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1. Pulling foot up towards the anterior part of the leg
malignant
Shiatsu points
dorsiflexion
horse & warrior
2. American Massage Therapy Association
AMTA
trauma
health
Hippocrates
3. Decreasing the angle between two bones
health
Eunice Ingram
inguinal
flexion
4. Definition: to push or pull
Mary McMillan
Tui-na
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
rubbing in massage is a way to do this
5. Objective abnormalities which can be observed by someone other than the patient/client - what do you see?
6. Abnormal growth (tumor).
neoplasm
Emil Vodder
Ayru-Veda
Tui-na
7. John Barnes
Physical Therapist who developed Myeofacial Release
Paul St. John
Japanese Tsubo
lateral flexion
8. Toward the middle or midline of the body
promoted biological living at his natural healing resort
Pehr Henrik Ling
Greek massage
medial
9. Massage and Bodywork Licensing exam
believed that all physicians should be trained in massage as a method of healing
MBLex
extension
Bernarr MacFadden
10. Developed cure for lymphedema & other diseases of venous or lymph circulation
Tui-na
Emil Vodder
frontal
Pehr Henrik Ling
11. Known as the Father of Medicine
Greek massage
this person abolished massage and destroyed baths & gymnasiums
Hippocrates
start of the modern day spas
12. French barber & surgeon - described positive of massage in the healing process & relieving joint stiffness
Dr. George Taylor
Ambrose Pare
deep
Mary McMillan
13. Optimal functioning with freedom of disease
hypochondrium
Wrote the first English based book on the Swedish Movement Cure using Mezger's classifications in 1851
health
Dr. George Taylor
14. Two stances in massage
Western Massage
coronal plane
horse & warrior
hypochondrium
15. Damage caused by mechanical injury - chemical agents - extreme heat of cold and radiation which alters the body's normal homeostatic process
benign
Includes Greece - Italy & Egyptian civilizations
trauma
definition of 'symptom'
16. Region of the skull behind the ear (mastoid process)
COMTA
mastoid
lateral
Ayru-Veda
17. Indian and Hindu practices
rubbing in massage is a way to do this
James Harvey Kellogg
mastoid
Ayru-Veda
18. It takes place if the stress continues without relief
stress
genetic/congenital
exhaustion phase of stress
Dr. Douglas Graham
19. Stomach
gastric
Dr. George Taylor
Tui-na
Greek massage
20. Groin
horse & warrior
inguinal
auto-immunity
gastric
21. Dr. Mathias Roth
22. Used plants - exercise & massage for treatment of disease and to maintain health
morbidity
Amma techniques
Shiatsu points
James Harvey Kellogg
23. Front of body
ventral
effleurage
morbidity
dorsiflexion
24. Created in Big Sur - California. It includes long flowing strokes with scented oils - incense and a connection to the inner self
John Upledger
Esalen Massage
Mary McMillan
mastoid
25. Stimulates nerves in the finger pressure technique
Esalen Massage
normal process of aging - gradual deterioration of normal cells and body function
ventral
Shiatsu points
26. Pertaining to the arm
Given to a Hindu seer by the God Indra
definition of 'sign'
brachial
promoted biological living at his natural healing resort
27. Region below the stomach
femoral
hypogastric
General Adaptation Syndrome
hypochondrium
28. Pressed to effect the circulation of ki (life force)
Shiatsu points
Created in 1992 & was the first centered devoted to basic and applied research in the use of touch in human health development
considered by some as the Father of Swedish Massage in the U.S. & the founding father of the American Physical Education Association
proximal
29. French educator - developed the Swedish Movement of Cure around 1800 A.D.
Amma techniques
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
ventral
Pehr Henrik Ling
30. Example: side bends
believed that all physicians should be trained in massage as a method of healing
Mary McMillan
lateral flexion
improved the timeline for recovery of soldiers of WWI
31. Brought the Swedish Movement Cure to the U.S. in 1854
Mary McMillan
frontal
Chinese amma techniques
Dr. George Taylor
32. Roman Baths
Dr. George Taylor
Dr. Douglas Graham
start of the modern day spas
Wrote the first English based book on the Swedish Movement Cure using Mezger's classifications in 1851
33. Below the surface
deep
Shiatsu points
this person abolished massage and destroyed baths & gymnasiums
auto-immunity
34. Alarm - resistance reaction - exhaustion
Associated Bodywork & MassageProfessionals
General Adaptation Syndrome
Greek massage
Includes Greece - Italy & Egyptian civilizations
35. Developed modern Reflexology by building on the work of Dr. Fitzgerald
mastoid
MBLex
Eunice Ingram
published a natural health magazine called Physical Culture
36. Developer of the massage chair
epigastric
Hippocrates
ventral
David Palmer
37. Rubbing body part over another to create heat
Pehr Henrik Ling
medial
friction
health
38. Abdominal region lateral to the epigastric reagion
Chinese amma techniques
hypochondrium
Renaissance period
Tui-na
39. Cancerous growth that may result in death
James B. Mennell
Hippocrates
malignant
Amma
40. First written text in 500 B.C. - Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine
mastoid
Amma
auxiliary
Emil Vodder
41. Region of the spine with 7 vertebrae
Renaissance period
resistance reaction of stress
cervical
anatripsis
42. Divides the body into front and back halves
Hippocrates
coronal plane
Amma techniques
Johann George Mezger
43. A military nurse who figured prominently in the development & training of physical therapists in the U.S.
Hippocrates
Mary McMillan
definintion of syndrome
medial
44. Aka Chinese Acupoints
dorsiflexion
Wrote the first English based book on the Swedish Movement Cure using Mezger's classifications in 1851
femoral
Japanese Tsubo
45. Sports massage
gluteal
Shiatsu points
Includes Greece - Italy & Egyptian civilizations
The tradition of massage for athletes in the U.S.
46. Pertaining to the side of the body
lateral
deficiency
Ayru-Veda
dorsiflexion
47. Aka the knowledge of life
Wrote the first English based book on the Swedish Movement Cure using Mezger's classifications in 1851
Chinese amma techniques
Ayru-Veda
proximal
48. National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork
Federation of State Massage Therapy Boards
Amma
auxiliary
NCBTMB
49. Triangle shaped
James Harvey Kellogg
deltoid
stress
popliteal
50. James B. Mennell
exhaustion phase of stress
hypogastric
Johann George Mezger
improved the timeline for recovery of soldiers of WWI