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Massage And Basic Medical Terms
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1. Constantine
this person abolished massage and destroyed baths & gymnasiums
Eunice Ingram
The tradition of massage for athletes in the U.S.
Greek massage
2. Commission on Massage Therapy Accreditation
COMTA
cervical
gastric
Dr. George Taylor
3. James B. Mennell
improved the timeline for recovery of soldiers of WWI
mastoid
considered by some as the Father of Swedish Massage in the U.S. & the founding father of the American Physical Education Association
Tui-na
4. Towards the origin
Greek massage
proximal
normal process of aging - gradual deterioration of normal cells and body function
gastric
5. Pressed to effect the circulation of ki (life force)
resistance reaction of stress
Shiatsu points
extension
Ayru-Veda
6. Brought the tradition of natural health to the general public instead of limiting it to the rich
body is invaded by pathogenic organisms such as bacteria - virus - fungus - parasites. May cause disease by interfereing with the normal functions of the host
this massage centered mainly around royalty
considered by some as the Father of Swedish Massage in the U.S. & the founding father of the American Physical Education Association
Bernarr MacFadden
7. Brought the Swedish Movement Cure to the U.S. in 1854
Esalen Massage
Bernarr MacFadden
Dr. George Taylor
popliteal
8. Used plants - exercise & massage for treatment of disease and to maintain health
COMTA
Dr. George Taylor
Amma techniques
Amma
9. Buttocks
stress
Shiatsu points
AMTA
gluteal
10. James Harvey Kellogg
flexion
gastric
effleurage
promoted biological living at his natural healing resort
11. Abnormalities of development caused by faulty genetic programming or due to noxious influences in the fetus while in the uterus
improved the timeline for recovery of soldiers of WWI
genetic/congenital
Associated Bodywork & MassageProfessionals
inguinal
12. Aka the knowledge of life
Associated Bodywork & MassageProfessionals
Ayru-Veda
benign
believed that all physicians should be trained in massage as a method of healing
13. Degeneration
hypogastric
this person abolished massage and destroyed baths & gymnasiums
normal process of aging - gradual deterioration of normal cells and body function
Federation of State Massage Therapy Boards
14. Example: side bends
lateral flexion
Chinese amma techniques
femoral
promoted biological living at his natural healing resort
15. Lived (460 to 380 B.C.)
inguinal
eversion
cervical
Hippocrates
16. Help to bind a joint that is too loose
auto-immunity
alarm phase of stress
rubbing in massage is a way to do this
Japanese Tsubo
17. Developed cure for lymphedema & other diseases of venous or lymph circulation
COMTA
Given to a Hindu seer by the God Indra
Emil Vodder
Western Massage
18. 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
auto-immunity
Shiatsu points
MBLex
COMTA
19. Alarm - resistance reaction - exhaustion
General Adaptation Syndrome
deep
Wrote the first English based book on the Swedish Movement Cure using Mezger's classifications in 1851
Shiatsu points
20. Any physiological or physical situation or conditon that causes tension or strain
David Palmer
deltoid
stress
ventral
21. Developed modern Reflexology by building on the work of Dr. Fitzgerald
Physical Therapist who developed Myeofacial Release
mortality
deep
Eunice Ingram
22. ABMP
The tradition of massage for athletes in the U.S.
Associated Bodywork & MassageProfessionals
Japanese Tsubo
neoplasm
23. French educator - developed the Swedish Movement of Cure around 1800 A.D.
Pehr Henrik Ling
flexion
cervical
definintion of syndrome
24. Aka Swedish Massage
Dr. Douglas Graham
frontal
mastoid
Western Massage
25. Ayru-Veda
Dr. Douglas Graham
eversion
Renaissance period
Given to a Hindu seer by the God Indra
26. Developer of the massage chair
Physical Therapist who developed Myeofacial Release
David Palmer
this person abolished massage and destroyed baths & gymnasiums
popliteal
27. Refers to the FREQUENCY of disability or deaths
morbidity
effleurage
popliteal
Greek massage
28. Indian and Hindu practices
compressions
Greek massage
Given to a Hindu seer by the God Indra
Ayru-Veda
29. National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork
NCBTMB
Western Massage
resistance reaction of stress
normal process of aging - gradual deterioration of normal cells and body function
30. Turning the foot outward by elevating it laterally
eversion
femoral
epigastric
The tradition of massage for athletes in the U.S.
31. Sports massage
stress
trauma
Eunice Ingram
The tradition of massage for athletes in the U.S.
32. Offering or providing help
Amma techniques
auxiliary
Johann George Mezger
believed that all physicians should be trained in massage as a method of healing
33. John Barnes
lateral
exhaustion phase of stress
Physical Therapist who developed Myeofacial Release
Given to a Hindu seer by the God Indra
34. Massage and Bodywork Licensing exam
Dr. Douglas Graham
deltoid
MBLex
morbidity
35. Pulling foot up towards the anterior part of the leg
considered by some as the Father of Swedish Massage in the U.S. & the founding father of the American Physical Education Association
AMTA
dorsiflexion
friction
36. Triangle shaped
alarm phase of stress
deltoid
James Harvey Kellogg
extension
37. A collection of signs & symptoms usually with common etiology which present a picture of a pathological condition
Chinese amma techniques
Amma
definintion of syndrome
improved the timeline for recovery of soldiers of WWI
38. Touch Research Institute (TRI)
exhaustion phase of stress
medial
Created in 1992 & was the first centered devoted to basic and applied research in the use of touch in human health development
definition of 'sign'
39. Pertaining to the side of the body
Western Massage
Japanese Tsubo
Pehr Henrik Ling
lateral
40. Subjective abnormalities as reported by the patient/client - what do they tell you?
41. The art of rubbing upward not downward
Emil Vodder
John Upledger
health
anatripsis
42. Region of the skull behind the ear (mastoid process)
mastoid
lateral flexion
auto-immunity
Amma
43. Massage practiced in China since 3000 B.C.
epigastric
COMTA
Ambrose Pare
Chinese amma techniques
44. Relating to the neck
cervical
Wrote the first English based book on the Swedish Movement Cure using Mezger's classifications in 1851
mastoid
Shiatsu points
45. Stimulates nerves in the finger pressure technique
Paul St. John
cervical
Shiatsu points
Pehr Henrik Ling
46. Front of body
Shiatsu points
ventral
this person abolished massage and destroyed baths & gymnasiums
Renaissance period
47. Rubbing body part over another to create heat
COMTA
gluteal
Ambrose Pare
friction
48. Behind the knee
Eunice Ingram
predisposing conditions
genetic/congenital
popliteal
49. Decreasing the angle between two bones
lateral
flexion
hypogastric
Western Massage
50. Fight or flight
gastric
alarm phase of stress
hypochondrium
effleurage