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Massage And Basic Medical Terms

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1. Hippocrates






2. Buttocks






3. Forehead






4. Roman Empire






5. Used plants - exercise & massage for treatment of disease and to maintain health






6. Massage and Bodywork Licensing exam






7. Commission on Massage Therapy Accreditation






8. Family was prominent in the cereal business






9. Developed modern Reflexology by building on the work of Dr. Fitzgerald






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






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


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






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






14. Stimulates nerves in the finger pressure technique






15. Brought the tradition of natural health to the general public instead of limiting it to the rich






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






17. Includes Chinese Acupoints and Shiatsu






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






19. Lived (460 to 380 B.C.)






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


21. Developed What is known as Craniosacral Therapy






22. The art of rubbing upward not downward






23. Disorder resulting from an imbalance of essential nutrients






24. Pulling foot up towards the anterior part of the leg






25. Relating to the neck






26. Decreasing the angle between two bones






27. Region of the spine with 7 vertebrae






28. Fight or flight






29. Indian and Hindu practices






30. Touch Research Institute (TRI)






31. Cancerous growth that may result in death






32. Aka Swedish Massage






33. Infection






34. Sports massage






35. Dr. Mathias Roth


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






37. James Harvey Kellogg






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






39. Rubbing body part over another to create heat






40. Region above the stomach






41. John Barnes






42. Aka Chinese Acupoints






43. French barber & surgeon - described positive of massage in the healing process & relieving joint stiffness






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






45. Turning the foot outward by elevating it laterally






46. FSMTB






47. Refers to the NUMBER of deaths caused by a particular disease i.e. avian flu pandemic






48. National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork






49. Massage practices returned to Europe and flourished






50. Towards the origin