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Massage And Basic Medical Terms

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1. Offering or providing help






2. Region below the stomach






3. Developer of the massage chair






4. Roman Baths






5. Definition: press or rub






6. Ayru-Veda






7. Massage practices returned to Europe and flourished






8. Stomach






9. The art of rubbing upward not downward






10. Indian and Hindu practices






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






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






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


14. Developed modern Reflexology by building on the work of Dr. Fitzgerald






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






16. Towards the origin






17. Two stances in massage






18. Dr. Mathias Roth


19. Decreasing the angle between two bones






20. Region of the skull behind the ear (mastoid process)






21. Groin






22. Example: side bends






23. Damage caused by mechanical injury - chemical agents - extreme heat of cold and radiation which alters the body's normal homeostatic process






24. Includes Chinese Acupoints and Shiatsu






25. Roman Empire






26. Toward the middle or midline of the body






27. Touch Research Institute (TRI)






28. Refers to the FREQUENCY of disability or deaths






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






30. Region of the spine with 7 vertebrae






31. Abdominal region lateral to the epigastric reagion






32. Egyptian






33. Pertaining to the arm






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






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






36. Stimulates nerves in the finger pressure technique






37. French barber & surgeon - described positive of massage in the healing process & relieving joint stiffness






38. Dr. Douglas Graham






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






40. Optimal functioning with freedom of disease






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






42. Pertaining to the femur






43. Aka the knowledge of life






44. James Harvey Kellogg






45. Forehead






46. Family was prominent in the cereal business






47. James B. Mennell






48. National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork






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






50. Developed cure for lymphedema & other diseases of venous or lymph circulation