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Massage And Basic Medical Terms

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1. Definition: to push or pull






2. Lived (460 to 380 B.C.)






3. Fight or flight






4. Rubbing body part over another to create heat






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






6. Family was prominent in the cereal business






7. Roman Empire






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






9. Turning the foot outward by elevating it laterally






10. Abdominal region lateral to the epigastric reagion






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






12. American Massage Therapy Association






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






14. 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






15. Any physiological or physical situation or conditon that causes tension or strain






16. Developer of the massage chair






17. Commission on Massage Therapy Accreditation






18. Aka Chinese Acupoints






19. John Barnes






20. Infection






21. Front of body






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






23. Below the surface






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






25. Decreasing the angle between two bones






26. Dr. Mathias Roth


27. Massage and Bodywork Licensing exam






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






29. A military nurse who figured prominently in the development & training of physical therapists in the U.S.






30. Known as the Father of Medicine






31. James Harvey Kellogg






32. Region above the stomach






33. Alarm - resistance reaction - exhaustion






34. Constantine






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






36. Optimal functioning with freedom of disease






37. Massage practices returned to Europe and flourished






38. Region of the spine with 7 vertebrae






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






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






41. Definition: press or rub






42. ABMP






43. Pertaining to the femur






44. Divides the body into front and back halves






45. Egyptian






46. FSMTB






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






48. The art of rubbing upward not downward






49. James B. Mennell






50. Gliding massage stroke