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Massage And Basic Medical Terms

Subjects : industries, health-sciences, massage

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Forehead
mortality
believed that all physicians should be trained in massage as a method of healing
frontal
NCBTMB

2. Lived (460 to 380 B.C.)
deep
MBLex
body is invaded by pathogenic organisms such as bacteria - virus - fungus - parasites. May cause disease by interfereing with the normal functions of the host
Hippocrates

3. It takes place if the stress continues without relief
exhaustion phase of stress
frontal
genetic/congenital
epigastric

4. Damage caused by mechanical injury - chemical agents - extreme heat of cold and radiation which alters the body's normal homeostatic process
James B. Mennell
definintion of syndrome
Bernarr MacFadden
trauma

5. Relating to the neck
Federation of State Massage Therapy Boards
Chinese amma techniques
effleurage
cervical

6. Refers to the FREQUENCY of disability or deaths
Given to a Hindu seer by the God Indra
morbidity
General Adaptation Syndrome
Physical Therapist who developed Myeofacial Release

7. Massage practiced in China since 3000 B.C.
Pehr Henrik Ling
definintion of syndrome
Chinese amma techniques
AMTA

8. Degeneration
normal process of aging - gradual deterioration of normal cells and body function
General Adaptation Syndrome
David Palmer
Tui-na

9. Family was prominent in the cereal business
James Harvey Kellogg
Paul St. John
lateral flexion
NCBTMB

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

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11. Aka the knowledge of life
The tradition of massage for athletes in the U.S.
auto-immunity
resistance reaction of stress
Ayru-Veda

12. FSMTB
mortality
trauma
Federation of State Massage Therapy Boards
John Upledger

13. Through secreting of regulating hormones - it allows the body to continue fighting a stressor long after the effects of the alarm has dissipated
AMTA
femoral
brachial
resistance reaction of stress

14. Refers to the NUMBER of deaths caused by a particular disease i.e. avian flu pandemic
Western Massage
Includes Greece - Italy & Egyptian civilizations
proximal
mortality

15. Pulling foot up towards the anterior part of the leg
frontal
extension
dorsiflexion
believed that all physicians should be trained in massage as a method of healing

16. Front of body
this person abolished massage and destroyed baths & gymnasiums
ventral
brachial
hypogastric

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

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18. Offering or providing help
Physical Therapist who developed Myeofacial Release
ventral
auxiliary
flexion

19. Example: side bends
lateral flexion
Tui-na
promoted biological living at his natural healing resort
Physical Therapist who developed Myeofacial Release

20. Hippocrates
gluteal
Includes Greece - Italy & Egyptian civilizations
believed that all physicians should be trained in massage as a method of healing
Given to a Hindu seer by the God Indra

21. Developed modern Reflexology by building on the work of Dr. Fitzgerald
Created in 1992 & was the first centered devoted to basic and applied research in the use of touch in human health development
Includes Greece - Italy & Egyptian civilizations
cervical
Eunice Ingram

22. Aka Chinese Acupoints
Tui-na
morbidity
Japanese Tsubo
definintion of syndrome

23. Centered around athletes and gymnasts using massage - exercise and bathing
Greek massage
NCBTMB
frontal
Bernarr MacFadden

24. Roman Baths
eversion
start of the modern day spas
Wrote the first English based book on the Swedish Movement Cure using Mezger's classifications in 1851
deltoid

25. National Center for Complementary & Alternative Medicine
considered by some as the Father of Swedish Massage in the U.S. & the founding father of the American Physical Education Association
brachial
cervical
NCCAM

26. John Barnes
considered by some as the Father of Swedish Massage in the U.S. & the founding father of the American Physical Education Association
Physical Therapist who developed Myeofacial Release
Paul St. John
The tradition of massage for athletes in the U.S.

27. Region of the skull behind the ear (mastoid process)
Created in 1992 & was the first centered devoted to basic and applied research in the use of touch in human health development
epigastric
promoted biological living at his natural healing resort
mastoid

28. 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
Japanese Tsubo
hypochondrium
popliteal

29. To press or squeeze together
considered by some as the Father of Swedish Massage in the U.S. & the founding father of the American Physical Education Association
compressions
published a natural health magazine called Physical Culture
Japanese Tsubo

30. Region of the spine with 7 vertebrae
hypogastric
proximal
cervical
deltoid

31. Pertaining to the arm
Tui-na
brachial
definintion of syndrome
Ayru-Veda

32. James B. Mennell
improved the timeline for recovery of soldiers of WWI
effleurage
NCBTMB
Pehr Henrik Ling

33. Groin
inguinal
benign
Western Massage
brachial

34. Abnormal growth (tumor).
cervical
Amma
medial
neoplasm

35. Disorder resulting from an imbalance of essential nutrients
hypochondrium
deficiency
eversion
Includes Greece - Italy & Egyptian civilizations

36. First written text in 500 B.C. - Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine
Amma
femoral
frontal
lateral flexion

37. Sports massage
deficiency
Ayru-Veda
this person abolished massage and destroyed baths & gymnasiums
The tradition of massage for athletes in the U.S.

38. Gliding massage stroke
auxiliary
effleurage
improved the timeline for recovery of soldiers of WWI
Created in 1992 & was the first centered devoted to basic and applied research in the use of touch in human health development

39. Turning the foot outward by elevating it laterally
eversion
Esalen Massage
health
Bernarr MacFadden

40. Indian and Hindu practices
exhaustion phase of stress
Associated Bodywork & MassageProfessionals
Ayru-Veda
trauma

41. Constantine
this person abolished massage and destroyed baths & gymnasiums
lateral flexion
frontal
dorsiflexion

42. Increasing the angle between two bones
lateral flexion
extension
Pehr Henrik Ling
exhaustion phase of stress

43. Aka Swedish Massage
genetic/congenital
Western Massage
gluteal
mortality

44. Decreasing the angle between two bones
flexion
epigastric
Pehr Henrik Ling
eversion

45. Rubbing body part over another to create heat
friction
dorsiflexion
flexion
John Upledger

46. Commission on Massage Therapy Accreditation
David Palmer
COMTA
gluteal
Dr. George Taylor

47. Touch Research Institute (TRI)
ventral
frontal
Created in 1992 & was the first centered devoted to basic and applied research in the use of touch in human health development
John Upledger

48. Developer of the massage chair
deficiency
gastric
David Palmer
AMTA

49. Amsterdam physician who characterized the methods of soft tissue manipulation as effleurage - petrissage - friction and tapotement
Johann George Mezger
promoted biological living at his natural healing resort
gastric
benign

50. A collection of signs & symptoms usually with common etiology which present a picture of a pathological condition
anatripsis
auto-immunity
brachial
definintion of syndrome