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Massage And Basic Medical Terms

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






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






3. Tumor that is usually not life-threatening






4. Egyptian






5. Used plants - exercise & massage for treatment of disease and to maintain health






6. Region of the spine with 7 vertebrae






7. Relating to the neck






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






9. FSMTB






10. Pertaining to the side of the body






11. To press or squeeze together






12. Massage practices returned to Europe and flourished






13. Pulling foot up towards the anterior part of the leg






14. Hippocrates






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






16. Definition: press or rub






17. National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork






18. National Center for Complementary & Alternative Medicine






19. ABMP






20. Offering or providing help






21. It takes place if the stress continues without relief






22. Brought the tradition of natural health to the general public instead of limiting it to the rich






23. Disorder resulting from an imbalance of essential nutrients






24. Aka Chinese Acupoints






25. Touch Research Institute (TRI)






26. Triangle shaped






27. Rubbing body part over another to create heat






28. Known as the Father of Medicine






29. Forehead






30. Abnormalities of development caused by faulty genetic programming or due to noxious influences in the fetus while in the uterus






31. Divides the body into front and back halves






32. Commission on Massage Therapy Accreditation






33. Decreasing the angle between two bones






34. Family was prominent in the cereal business






35. Developer of the massage chair






36. Infection






37. 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






38. Degeneration






39. French educator - developed the Swedish Movement of Cure around 1800 A.D.






40. Front of body






41. Turning the foot outward by elevating it laterally






42. Roman Baths






43. Recognized for the U.S. development of Neuromuscular Therapies






44. Bernarr MacFadden






45. Through secreting of regulating hormones - it allows the body to continue fighting a stressor long after the effects of the alarm has dissipated






46. Buttocks






47. James Harvey Kellogg






48. Includes Chinese Acupoints and Shiatsu






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

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50. Definition: to push or pull