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Massage And Basic Medical Terms

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Abdominal region lateral to the epigastric reagion






2. Offering or providing help






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






4. 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






5. Turning the foot outward by elevating it laterally






6. Family was prominent in the cereal business






7. Aka Chinese Acupoints






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






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


10. Optimal functioning with freedom of disease






11. Triangle shaped






12. Degeneration






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






14. Below the surface






15. FSMTB






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






17. Forehead






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






19. Refers to the FREQUENCY of disability or deaths






20. Massage and Bodywork Licensing exam






21. Definition: to push or pull






22. Roman Baths






23. Toward the middle or midline of the body






24. Constantine






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






26. Rubbing body part over another to create heat






27. Stomach






28. Gliding massage stroke






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






30. Tumor that is usually not life-threatening






31. Example: side bends






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


33. A military nurse who figured prominently in the development & training of physical therapists in the U.S.






34. Abnormal growth (tumor).






35. Decreasing the angle between two bones






36. Touch Research Institute (TRI)






37. Increasing the angle between two bones






38. The art of rubbing upward not downward






39. James Harvey Kellogg






40. Dr. Mathias Roth


41. Infection






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






43. National Center for Complementary & Alternative Medicine






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






45. Cancerous growth that may result in death






46. Region below the stomach






47. Pertaining to the femur






48. Bernarr MacFadden






49. Developer of the massage chair






50. Behind the knee