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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. Behind the knee






4. Touch Research Institute (TRI)






5. The art of rubbing upward not downward






6. Towards the origin






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






8. Commission on Massage Therapy Accreditation






9. Region of the spine with 7 vertebrae






10. James B. Mennell






11. Pertaining to the side of the body






12. Forehead






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






14. Abdominal region lateral to the epigastric reagion






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






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






17. Aka the knowledge of life






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






19. Increasing the angle between two bones






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






21. Front of body






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






23. Dr. Douglas Graham






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






25. Developer of the massage chair






26. National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork






27. John Barnes






28. National Center for Complementary & Alternative Medicine






29. Buttocks






30. Gliding massage stroke






31. FSMTB






32. Definition: to push or pull






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






34. Family was prominent in the cereal business






35. Constantine






36. Dr. Mathias Roth

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37. Ayru-Veda






38. Toward the middle or midline of the body






39. Refers to the FREQUENCY of disability or deaths






40. Stomach






41. Massage and Bodywork Licensing exam






42. Massage practices returned to Europe and flourished






43. Rubbing body part over another to create heat






44. Optimal functioning with freedom of disease






45. Example: side bends






46. Hippocrates






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






48. To press or squeeze together






49. Egyptian






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