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Massage And Basic Medical Terms
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1. Disorder resulting from an imbalance of essential nutrients
promoted biological living at his natural healing resort
deficiency
inguinal
Ambrose Pare
2. Tumor that is usually not life-threatening
AMTA
gastric
benign
definintion of syndrome
3. Amsterdam physician who characterized the methods of soft tissue manipulation as effleurage - petrissage - friction and tapotement
stress
eversion
Given to a Hindu seer by the God Indra
Johann George Mezger
4. Brought the tradition of natural health to the general public instead of limiting it to the rich
Bernarr MacFadden
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
improved the timeline for recovery of soldiers of WWI
lateral flexion
5. Stimulates nerves in the finger pressure technique
Shiatsu points
Japanese Tsubo
trauma
Ambrose Pare
6. French educator - developed the Swedish Movement of Cure around 1800 A.D.
Bernarr MacFadden
gastric
dorsiflexion
Pehr Henrik Ling
7. Recognized for the U.S. development of Neuromuscular Therapies
AMTA
Paul St. John
improved the timeline for recovery of soldiers of WWI
cervical
8. Massage practices returned to Europe and flourished
Renaissance period
neoplasm
published a natural health magazine called Physical Culture
mortality
9. Optimal functioning with freedom of disease
popliteal
improved the timeline for recovery of soldiers of WWI
health
stress
10. Developed modern Reflexology by building on the work of Dr. Fitzgerald
Greek massage
neoplasm
Amma
Eunice Ingram
11. The art of rubbing upward not downward
anatripsis
Bernarr MacFadden
neoplasm
Shiatsu points
12. Wrote about using physcial therapy on soldiers of WWI (1914-1918)
Wrote the first English based book on the Swedish Movement Cure using Mezger's classifications in 1851
effleurage
James B. Mennell
Created in 1992 & was the first centered devoted to basic and applied research in the use of touch in human health development
13. John Barnes
definition of 'symptom'
Wrote the first English based book on the Swedish Movement Cure using Mezger's classifications in 1851
Physical Therapist who developed Myeofacial Release
morbidity
14. Stomach
effleurage
John Upledger
gastric
hypochondrium
15. Definition: to push or pull
this person abolished massage and destroyed baths & gymnasiums
Emil Vodder
Tui-na
Pehr Henrik Ling
16. Sports massage
The tradition of massage for athletes in the U.S.
considered by some as the Father of Swedish Massage in the U.S. & the founding father of the American Physical Education Association
Johann George Mezger
dorsiflexion
17. Roman Baths
predisposing conditions
Hippocrates
Hippocrates
start of the modern day spas
18. Brought the Swedish Movement Cure to the U.S. in 1854
Paul St. John
effleurage
Dr. George Taylor
gluteal
19. Developer of the massage chair
health
cervical
medial
David Palmer
20. Turning the foot outward by elevating it laterally
Emil Vodder
inguinal
eversion
COMTA
21. Front of body
Given to a Hindu seer by the God Indra
deficiency
deep
ventral
22. Help to bind a joint that is too loose
rubbing in massage is a way to do this
Chinese amma techniques
hypogastric
Japanese Tsubo
23. Below the surface
AMTA
deep
mastoid
deficiency
24. To press or squeeze together
stress
cervical
Tui-na
compressions
25. 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
auto-immunity
David Palmer
deltoid
gastric
26. Triangle shaped
Amma
brachial
considered by some as the Father of Swedish Massage in the U.S. & the founding father of the American Physical Education Association
deltoid
27. James Harvey Kellogg
published a natural health magazine called Physical Culture
promoted biological living at his natural healing resort
Created in 1992 & was the first centered devoted to basic and applied research in the use of touch in human health development
trauma
28. Lived (460 to 380 B.C.)
James Harvey Kellogg
Hippocrates
exhaustion phase of stress
this massage centered mainly around royalty
29. Example: side bends
mortality
lateral flexion
cervical
published a natural health magazine called Physical Culture
30. Subjective abnormalities as reported by the patient/client - what do they tell you?
31. Dr. Douglas Graham
dorsiflexion
predisposing conditions
considered by some as the Father of Swedish Massage in the U.S. & the founding father of the American Physical Education Association
auxiliary
32. Abnormalities of development caused by faulty genetic programming or due to noxious influences in the fetus while in the uterus
genetic/congenital
Ayru-Veda
Physical Therapist who developed Myeofacial Release
Tui-na
33. Bernarr MacFadden
Ayru-Veda
Amma
published a natural health magazine called Physical Culture
hypogastric
34. American Massage Therapy Association
stress
morbidity
AMTA
Eunice Ingram
35. Region below the stomach
Wrote the first English based book on the Swedish Movement Cure using Mezger's classifications in 1851
cervical
hypogastric
flexion
36. Any physiological or physical situation or conditon that causes tension or strain
stress
James B. Mennell
David Palmer
health
37. Touch Research Institute (TRI)
anatripsis
Dr. George Taylor
compressions
Created in 1992 & was the first centered devoted to basic and applied research in the use of touch in human health development
38. Toward the middle or midline of the body
believed that all physicians should be trained in massage as a method of healing
deep
frontal
medial
39. Hippocrates
malignant
Federation of State Massage Therapy Boards
believed that all physicians should be trained in massage as a method of healing
auxiliary
40. Ayru-Veda
Given to a Hindu seer by the God Indra
benign
Bernarr MacFadden
morbidity
41. Behind the knee
cervical
extension
deep
popliteal
42. Developed cure for lymphedema & other diseases of venous or lymph circulation
mortality
Wrote the first English based book on the Swedish Movement Cure using Mezger's classifications in 1851
anatripsis
Emil Vodder
43. Pressed to effect the circulation of ki (life force)
Shiatsu points
Japanese Tsubo
cervical
Chinese amma techniques
44. Indian and Hindu practices
Amma
Ayru-Veda
MBLex
mortality
45. Region of the skull behind the ear (mastoid process)
NCBTMB
Given to a Hindu seer by the God Indra
Dr. George Taylor
mastoid
46. Increasing the angle between two bones
General Adaptation Syndrome
Eunice Ingram
extension
benign
47. First written text in 500 B.C. - Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine
Amma
Dr. Douglas Graham
this person abolished massage and destroyed baths & gymnasiums
Emil Vodder
48. Used plants - exercise & massage for treatment of disease and to maintain health
inguinal
Ambrose Pare
benign
Amma techniques
49. Region above the stomach
Pehr Henrik Ling
dorsiflexion
epigastric
published a natural health magazine called Physical Culture
50. French barber & surgeon - described positive of massage in the healing process & relieving joint stiffness
Ambrose Pare
inguinal
mastoid
Amma techniques