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Massage And Basic Medical Terms

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1. Roman Baths
Given to a Hindu seer by the God Indra
genetic/congenital
start of the modern day spas
trauma

2. Pertaining to the side of the body
lateral
Ayru-Veda
Wrote the first English based book on the Swedish Movement Cure using Mezger's classifications in 1851
The tradition of massage for athletes in the U.S.

3. National Center for Complementary & Alternative Medicine
morbidity
Hippocrates
stress
NCCAM

4. Touch Research Institute (TRI)
Dr. Douglas Graham
Created in 1992 & was the first centered devoted to basic and applied research in the use of touch in human health development
trauma
malignant

5. First written text in 500 B.C. - Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine
effleurage
medial
Amma
neoplasm

6. Fight or flight
NCCAM
alarm phase of stress
malignant
eversion

7. Region below the stomach
Dr. George Taylor
deep
hypogastric
mortality

8. Behind the knee
morbidity
this person abolished massage and destroyed baths & gymnasiums
body is invaded by pathogenic organisms such as bacteria - virus - fungus - parasites. May cause disease by interfereing with the normal functions of the host
popliteal

9. FSMTB
considered by some as the Father of Swedish Massage in the U.S. & the founding father of the American Physical Education Association
Federation of State Massage Therapy Boards
proximal
Mary McMillan

10. Egyptian
malignant
this massage centered mainly around royalty
exhaustion phase of stress
Federation of State Massage Therapy Boards

11. Turning the foot outward by elevating it laterally
hypogastric
Eunice Ingram
eversion
NCCAM

12. Hippocrates
trauma
compressions
deep
believed that all physicians should be trained in massage as a method of healing

13. Front of body
James Harvey Kellogg
Physical Therapist who developed Myeofacial Release
ventral
Chinese amma techniques

14. Abnormal growth (tumor).
neoplasm
Associated Bodywork & MassageProfessionals
MBLex
anatripsis

15. Abdominal region lateral to the epigastric reagion
femoral
mastoid
hypochondrium
morbidity

16. Stomach
mortality
mastoid
gastric
deep

17. Centered around athletes and gymnasts using massage - exercise and bathing
Greek massage
General Adaptation Syndrome
proximal
James Harvey Kellogg

18. Sports massage
The tradition of massage for athletes in the U.S.
definition of 'sign'
Dr. Douglas Graham
COMTA

19. Any physiological or physical situation or conditon that causes tension or strain
Johann George Mezger
auxiliary
stress
predisposing conditions

20. Region of the spine with 7 vertebrae
benign
cervical
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
mortality

21. James B. Mennell
Pehr Henrik Ling
normal process of aging - gradual deterioration of normal cells and body function
effleurage
improved the timeline for recovery of soldiers of WWI

22. Amsterdam physician who characterized the methods of soft tissue manipulation as effleurage - petrissage - friction and tapotement
ventral
MBLex
considered by some as the Father of Swedish Massage in the U.S. & the founding father of the American Physical Education Association
Johann George Mezger

23. 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
epigastric
predisposing conditions

24. To press or squeeze together
compressions
hypogastric
body is invaded by pathogenic organisms such as bacteria - virus - fungus - parasites. May cause disease by interfereing with the normal functions of the host
Japanese Tsubo

25. Refers to the NUMBER of deaths caused by a particular disease i.e. avian flu pandemic
exhaustion phase of stress
mortality
COMTA
eversion

26. Relating to the neck
health
exhaustion phase of stress
inguinal
cervical

27. Tumor that is usually not life-threatening
AMTA
predisposing conditions
The tradition of massage for athletes in the U.S.
benign

28. French barber & surgeon - described positive of massage in the healing process & relieving joint stiffness
coronal plane
ventral
Japanese Tsubo
Ambrose Pare

29. Commission on Massage Therapy Accreditation
Created in 1992 & was the first centered devoted to basic and applied research in the use of touch in human health development
cervical
COMTA
Dr. Douglas Graham

30. A collection of signs & symptoms usually with common etiology which present a picture of a pathological condition
definintion of syndrome
Given to a Hindu seer by the God Indra
medial
promoted biological living at his natural healing resort

31. Help to bind a joint that is too loose
James Harvey Kellogg
effleurage
Japanese Tsubo
rubbing in massage is a way to do this

32. Recognized for the U.S. development of Neuromuscular Therapies
Paul St. John
Ambrose Pare
popliteal
Associated Bodywork & MassageProfessionals

33. Developed modern Reflexology by building on the work of Dr. Fitzgerald
Bernarr MacFadden
genetic/congenital
improved the timeline for recovery of soldiers of WWI
Eunice Ingram

34. Refers to the FREQUENCY of disability or deaths
morbidity
Associated Bodywork & MassageProfessionals
Hippocrates
effleurage

35. Increasing the angle between two bones
Japanese Tsubo
stress
extension
Ambrose Pare

36. John Barnes
Physical Therapist who developed Myeofacial Release
considered by some as the Father of Swedish Massage in the U.S. & the founding father of the American Physical Education Association
flexion
health

37. Indian and Hindu practices
John Upledger
Ayru-Veda
dorsiflexion
gastric

38. Wrote about using physcial therapy on soldiers of WWI (1914-1918)
James B. Mennell
Ayru-Veda
Eunice Ingram
The tradition of massage for athletes in the U.S.

39. National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork
friction
David Palmer
NCBTMB
James Harvey Kellogg

40. Known as the Father of Medicine
alarm phase of stress
Hippocrates
Eunice Ingram
AMTA

41. Definition: press or rub
effleurage
Amma
cervical
Eunice Ingram

42. Groin
hypochondrium
Amma
The tradition of massage for athletes in the U.S.
inguinal

43. Toward the middle or midline of the body
medial
Mary McMillan
COMTA
Renaissance period

44. Developed cure for lymphedema & other diseases of venous or lymph circulation
stress
Wrote the first English based book on the Swedish Movement Cure using Mezger's classifications in 1851
friction
Emil Vodder

45. Used plants - exercise & massage for treatment of disease and to maintain health
John Upledger
Amma techniques
Hippocrates
Amma

46. Example: side bends
start of the modern day spas
medial
lateral flexion
AMTA

47. Aka Chinese Acupoints
eversion
Japanese Tsubo
compressions
considered by some as the Father of Swedish Massage in the U.S. & the founding father of the American Physical Education Association

48. Infection
definition of 'symptom'
James Harvey Kellogg
Western Massage
body is invaded by pathogenic organisms such as bacteria - virus - fungus - parasites. May cause disease by interfereing with the normal functions of the host

49. It takes place if the stress continues without relief
femoral
cervical
exhaustion phase of stress
deltoid

50. Family was prominent in the cereal business
James Harvey Kellogg
medial
horse & warrior
inguinal