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Massage And Basic Medical Terms

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1. Roman Baths






2. James B. Mennell






3. Hippocrates






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






5. Offering or providing help






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






7. Pertaining to the side of the body






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






9. Abnormal growth (tumor).






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






11. An onset of disease process s that are likely to occur






12. Relating to the neck






13. Pertaining to the femur






14. Increasing the angle between two bones






15. Known as the father of physical therapy - established the Royal Institute of Gymnastics in Stockholm in 1813






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






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






18. Refers to the FREQUENCY of disability or deaths






19. Decreasing the angle between two bones






20. Turning the foot outward by elevating it laterally






21. Disorder resulting from an imbalance of essential nutrients






22. Buttocks






23. To press or squeeze together






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

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25. Degeneration






26. FSMTB






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






28. National Center for Complementary & Alternative Medicine






29. Ayru-Veda






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






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






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






33. American Massage Therapy Association






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






35. Fight or flight






36. The art of rubbing upward not downward






37. Help to bind a joint that is too loose






38. Below the surface






39. 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






40. Infection






41. Commission on Massage Therapy Accreditation






42. Massage practiced in China since 3000 B.C.






43. Groin






44. Known as the Father of Medicine






45. Example: side bends






46. Divides the body into front and back halves






47. James Harvey Kellogg






48. Alarm - resistance reaction - exhaustion






49. Family was prominent in the cereal business






50. Bernarr MacFadden