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Massage And Basic Medical Terms

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1. Optimal functioning with freedom of disease
health
Pehr Henrik Ling
Tui-na
Ambrose Pare

2. Stomach
Amma
Bernarr MacFadden
ventral
gastric

3. Offering or providing help
alarm phase of stress
popliteal
auxiliary
predisposing conditions

4. Definition: press or rub
Amma
Mary McMillan
mortality
ventral

5. Tumor that is usually not life-threatening
inguinal
improved the timeline for recovery of soldiers of WWI
benign
frontal

6. Amsterdam physician who characterized the methods of soft tissue manipulation as effleurage - petrissage - friction and tapotement
Associated Bodywork & MassageProfessionals
this person abolished massage and destroyed baths & gymnasiums
effleurage
Johann George Mezger

7. Abnormalities of development caused by faulty genetic programming or due to noxious influences in the fetus while in the uterus
genetic/congenital
resistance reaction of stress
David Palmer
Paul St. John

8. Pressed to effect the circulation of ki (life force)
Hippocrates
Eunice Ingram
Includes Greece - Italy & Egyptian civilizations
Shiatsu points

9. Region of the skull behind the ear (mastoid process)
Western Massage
normal process of aging - gradual deterioration of normal cells and body function
mastoid
MBLex

10. Region below the stomach
hypogastric
Pehr Henrik Ling
definition of 'sign'
rubbing in massage is a way to do this

11. Divides the body into front and back halves
NCCAM
Dr. Douglas Graham
this person abolished massage and destroyed baths & gymnasiums
coronal plane

12. Region of the spine with 7 vertebrae
eversion
Pehr Henrik Ling
cervical
David Palmer

13. A military nurse who figured prominently in the development & training of physical therapists in the U.S.
Mary McMillan
alarm phase of stress
The tradition of massage for athletes in the U.S.
mastoid

14. Front of body
considered by some as the Father of Swedish Massage in the U.S. & the founding father of the American Physical Education Association
rubbing in massage is a way to do this
ventral
Wrote the first English based book on the Swedish Movement Cure using Mezger's classifications in 1851

15. Commission on Massage Therapy Accreditation
cervical
Western Massage
COMTA
mortality

16. Massage and Bodywork Licensing exam
gastric
MBLex
Given to a Hindu seer by the God Indra
definition of 'symptom'

17. American Massage Therapy Association
trauma
extension
AMTA
frontal

18. Pulling foot up towards the anterior part of the leg
start of the modern day spas
NCBTMB
coronal plane
dorsiflexion

19. Stimulates nerves in the finger pressure technique
Amma techniques
James B. Mennell
alarm phase of stress
Shiatsu points

20. Two stances in massage
rubbing in massage is a way to do this
horse & warrior
start of the modern day spas
normal process of aging - gradual deterioration of normal cells and body function

21. Wrote about using physcial therapy on soldiers of WWI (1914-1918)
hypogastric
James B. Mennell
Chinese amma techniques
auto-immunity

22. Decreasing the angle between two bones
flexion
morbidity
considered by some as the Father of Swedish Massage in the U.S. & the founding father of the American Physical Education Association
Western Massage

23. National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork
Given to a Hindu seer by the God Indra
morbidity
Wrote the first English based book on the Swedish Movement Cure using Mezger's classifications in 1851
NCBTMB

24. Gliding massage stroke
effleurage
proximal
Bernarr MacFadden
David Palmer

25. Bernarr MacFadden
deltoid
definition of 'symptom'
flexion
published a natural health magazine called Physical Culture

26. Brought the tradition of natural health to the general public instead of limiting it to the rich
Ayru-Veda
Bernarr MacFadden
Renaissance period
Tui-na

27. Touch Research Institute (TRI)
Created in 1992 & was the first centered devoted to basic and applied research in the use of touch in human health development
rubbing in massage is a way to do this
predisposing conditions
considered by some as the Father of Swedish Massage in the U.S. & the founding father of the American Physical Education Association

28. Aka Chinese Acupoints
trauma
Emil Vodder
Japanese Tsubo
brachial

29. Help to bind a joint that is too loose
rubbing in massage is a way to do this
Amma techniques
Esalen Massage
Ambrose Pare

30. To press or squeeze together
Renaissance period
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
COMTA
compressions

31. Turning the foot outward by elevating it laterally
mastoid
eversion
Renaissance period
Emil Vodder

32. Roman Empire
Includes Greece - Italy & Egyptian civilizations
brachial
gastric
Ayru-Veda

33. Toward the middle or midline of the body
The tradition of massage for athletes in the U.S.
medial
Mary McMillan
exhaustion phase of stress

34. An onset of disease process s that are likely to occur
predisposing conditions
exhaustion phase of stress
popliteal
deltoid

35. Indian and Hindu practices
Ayru-Veda
Renaissance period
effleurage
Given to a Hindu seer by the God Indra

36. First written text in 500 B.C. - Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine
Amma
improved the timeline for recovery of soldiers of WWI
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 person abolished massage and destroyed baths & gymnasiums

37. Ayru-Veda
David Palmer
Japanese Tsubo
neoplasm
Given to a Hindu seer by the God Indra

38. Behind the knee
popliteal
morbidity
body is invaded by pathogenic organisms such as bacteria - virus - fungus - parasites. May cause disease by interfereing with the normal functions of the host
ventral

39. Includes Chinese Acupoints and Shiatsu
anatripsis
Japanese Tsubo
stress
horse & warrior

40. FSMTB
Federation of State Massage Therapy Boards
considered by some as the Father of Swedish Massage in the U.S. & the founding father of the American Physical Education Association
Given to a Hindu seer by the God Indra
inguinal

41. James Harvey Kellogg
gluteal
definition of 'symptom'
Wrote the first English based book on the Swedish Movement Cure using Mezger's classifications in 1851
promoted biological living at his natural healing resort

42. Recognized for the U.S. development of Neuromuscular Therapies
Given to a Hindu seer by the God Indra
Ayru-Veda
NCBTMB
Paul St. John

43. Developed cure for lymphedema & other diseases of venous or lymph circulation
Hippocrates
mastoid
Emil Vodder
Eunice Ingram

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

45. Cancerous growth that may result in death
normal process of aging - gradual deterioration of normal cells and body function
malignant
trauma
Created in 1992 & was the first centered devoted to basic and applied research in the use of touch in human health development

46. Relating to the neck
Emil Vodder
cervical
Mary McMillan
Japanese Tsubo

47. Pertaining to the femur
inguinal
Renaissance period
femoral
Paul St. John

48. Forehead
exhaustion phase of stress
frontal
neoplasm
Ayru-Veda

49. Refers to the NUMBER of deaths caused by a particular disease i.e. avian flu pandemic
malignant
Ayru-Veda
mortality
femoral

50. Published a book in 1902 that convinced medical professionals of the therapeutic effects of massage
auto-immunity
Dr. Douglas Graham
predisposing conditions
proximal