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Massage And Basic Medical Terms

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Any physiological or physical situation or conditon that causes tension or strain






2. Toward the middle or midline of the body






3. Two stances in massage






4. Aka the knowledge of life






5. Front of body






6. Region of the skull behind the ear (mastoid process)






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






8. Tumor that is usually not life-threatening






9. Offering or providing help






10. Developer of the massage chair






11. Family was prominent in the cereal business






12. Increasing the angle between two bones






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






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

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15. Massage practices returned to Europe and flourished






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






17. Dr. Mathias Roth

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18. Degeneration






19. Below the surface






20. Stimulates nerves in the finger pressure technique






21. Massage and Bodywork Licensing exam






22. Pertaining to the femur






23. ABMP






24. Developed modern Reflexology by building on the work of Dr. Fitzgerald






25. Optimal functioning with freedom of disease






26. The art of rubbing upward not downward






27. Relating to the neck






28. 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






29. Pertaining to the arm






30. Commission on Massage Therapy Accreditation






31. Pressed to effect the circulation of ki (life force)






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






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






34. Egyptian






35. Fight or flight






36. Definition: to push or pull






37. Definition: press or rub






38. Disorder resulting from an imbalance of essential nutrients






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






40. Dr. Douglas Graham






41. Example: side bends






42. French barber & surgeon - described positive of massage in the healing process & relieving joint stiffness






43. To press or squeeze together






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






45. Rubbing body part over another to create heat






46. Hippocrates






47. Constantine






48. Region of the spine with 7 vertebrae






49. John Barnes






50. Ayru-Veda