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Massage And Basic Medical Terms
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1. Abnormalities of development caused by faulty genetic programming or due to noxious influences in the fetus while in the uterus
genetic/congenital
Wrote the first English based book on the Swedish Movement Cure using Mezger's classifications in 1851
Includes Greece - Italy & Egyptian civilizations
Federation of State Massage Therapy Boards
2. Subjective abnormalities as reported by the patient/client - what do they tell you?
3. 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
definition of 'symptom'
Pehr Henrik Ling
auto-immunity
lateral flexion
4. Refers to the FREQUENCY of disability or deaths
morbidity
NCCAM
believed that all physicians should be trained in massage as a method of healing
Shiatsu points
5. Pertaining to the side of the body
lateral
malignant
believed that all physicians should be trained in massage as a method of healing
COMTA
6. Triangle shaped
gluteal
Western Massage
deltoid
Federation of State Massage Therapy Boards
7. Indian and Hindu practices
NCCAM
neoplasm
Ayru-Veda
definition of 'symptom'
8. Objective abnormalities which can be observed by someone other than the patient/client - what do you see?
9. Two stances in massage
start of the modern day spas
Amma
effleurage
horse & warrior
10. Refers to the NUMBER of deaths caused by a particular disease i.e. avian flu pandemic
Hippocrates
mortality
Hippocrates
inguinal
11. Created in Big Sur - California. It includes long flowing strokes with scented oils - incense and a connection to the inner self
popliteal
COMTA
Dr. George Taylor
Esalen Massage
12. Groin
inguinal
Hippocrates
Ambrose Pare
NCBTMB
13. Brought the Swedish Movement Cure to the U.S. in 1854
gastric
horse & warrior
Chinese amma techniques
Dr. George Taylor
14. Developed What is known as Craniosacral Therapy
inguinal
body is invaded by pathogenic organisms such as bacteria - virus - fungus - parasites. May cause disease by interfereing with the normal functions of the host
John Upledger
Dr. George Taylor
15. Increasing the angle between two bones
extension
ventral
health
NCBTMB
16. Ayru-Veda
Amma
Given to a Hindu seer by the God Indra
Pehr Henrik Ling
COMTA
17. To press or squeeze together
start of the modern day spas
lateral
General Adaptation Syndrome
compressions
18. Toward the middle or midline of the body
frontal
James B. Mennell
femoral
medial
19. Massage and Bodywork Licensing exam
Ayru-Veda
Ayru-Veda
COMTA
MBLex
20. American Massage Therapy Association
frontal
Pehr Henrik Ling
body is invaded by pathogenic organisms such as bacteria - virus - fungus - parasites. May cause disease by interfereing with the normal functions of the host
AMTA
21. ABMP
predisposing conditions
hypogastric
The tradition of massage for athletes in the U.S.
Associated Bodywork & MassageProfessionals
22. Stomach
improved the timeline for recovery of soldiers of WWI
gastric
anatripsis
Mary McMillan
23. Includes Chinese Acupoints and Shiatsu
Japanese Tsubo
deep
believed that all physicians should be trained in massage as a method of healing
anatripsis
24. Definition: to push or pull
neoplasm
Esalen Massage
Tui-na
dorsiflexion
25. Commission on Massage Therapy Accreditation
MBLex
COMTA
coronal plane
hypogastric
26. Decreasing the angle between two bones
trauma
flexion
brachial
Given to a Hindu seer by the God Indra
27. Damage caused by mechanical injury - chemical agents - extreme heat of cold and radiation which alters the body's normal homeostatic process
genetic/congenital
trauma
Ayru-Veda
General Adaptation Syndrome
28. Gliding massage stroke
alarm phase of stress
effleurage
body is invaded by pathogenic organisms such as bacteria - virus - fungus - parasites. May cause disease by interfereing with the normal functions of the host
Amma techniques
29. Lived (460 to 380 B.C.)
Hippocrates
NCBTMB
Western Massage
deficiency
30. Turning the foot outward by elevating it laterally
definintion of syndrome
eversion
inguinal
normal process of aging - gradual deterioration of normal cells and body function
31. Region below the stomach
Federation of State Massage Therapy Boards
medial
Renaissance period
hypogastric
32. Pulling foot up towards the anterior part of the leg
dorsiflexion
horse & warrior
Western Massage
stress
33. James Harvey Kellogg
because of this person - the first resort spa in the U.S. came into being. It promoted vegetarian diets - exercise - various forms of bathing and massage
proximal
Amma
Shiatsu points
34. Pressed to effect the circulation of ki (life force)
Shiatsu points
Greek massage
coronal plane
anatripsis
35. Developed modern Reflexology by building on the work of Dr. Fitzgerald
Eunice Ingram
flexion
malignant
Johann George Mezger
36. Family was prominent in the cereal business
James Harvey Kellogg
stress
Includes Greece - Italy & Egyptian civilizations
mastoid
37. Front of body
coronal plane
ventral
start of the modern day spas
Amma
38. National Center for Complementary & Alternative Medicine
NCCAM
horse & warrior
dorsiflexion
definition of 'sign'
39. Below the surface
deep
auxiliary
health
Eunice Ingram
40. Offering or providing help
friction
femoral
auxiliary
eversion
41. Region of the skull behind the ear (mastoid process)
inguinal
Amma techniques
considered by some as the Father of Swedish Massage in the U.S. & the founding father of the American Physical Education Association
mastoid
42. Touch Research Institute (TRI)
Pehr Henrik Ling
Eunice Ingram
Renaissance period
Created in 1992 & was the first centered devoted to basic and applied research in the use of touch in human health development
43. Wrote about using physcial therapy on soldiers of WWI (1914-1918)
Hippocrates
James B. Mennell
brachial
stress
44. Cancerous growth that may result in death
malignant
resistance reaction of stress
stress
compressions
45. Region above the stomach
Paul St. John
AMTA
Includes Greece - Italy & Egyptian civilizations
epigastric
46. Region of the spine with 7 vertebrae
cervical
Esalen Massage
improved the timeline for recovery of soldiers of WWI
mastoid
47. Forehead
Dr. Douglas Graham
frontal
Emil Vodder
resistance reaction of stress
48. Rubbing body part over another to create heat
exhaustion phase of stress
John Upledger
definintion of syndrome
friction
49. Alarm - resistance reaction - exhaustion
General Adaptation Syndrome
dorsiflexion
Ayru-Veda
body is invaded by pathogenic organisms such as bacteria - virus - fungus - parasites. May cause disease by interfereing with the normal functions of the host
50. Amsterdam physician who characterized the methods of soft tissue manipulation as effleurage - petrissage - friction and tapotement
Johann George Mezger
brachial
Hippocrates
Ambrose Pare