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Massage And Basic Medical Terms

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1. Increasing the angle between two bones






2. Brought the Swedish Movement Cure to the U.S. in 1854






3. Optimal functioning with freedom of disease






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






5. Massage practices returned to Europe and flourished






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






7. Definition: press or rub






8. Aka Swedish Massage






9. FSMTB






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






11. American Massage Therapy Association






12. Created in Big Sur - California. It includes long flowing strokes with scented oils - incense and a connection to the inner self






13. Massage and Bodywork Licensing exam






14. National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork






15. Region below the stomach






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






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






18. Indian and Hindu practices






19. Includes Chinese Acupoints and Shiatsu






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






21. Known as the father of physical therapy - established the Royal Institute of Gymnastics in Stockholm in 1813






22. Towards the origin






23. Decreasing the angle between two bones






24. Example: side bends






25. Stomach






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






27. ABMP






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






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






30. Region of the spine with 7 vertebrae






31. Aka Chinese Acupoints






32. Toward the middle or midline of the body






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






34. Roman Baths






35. Commission on Massage Therapy Accreditation






36. Cancerous growth that may result in death






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






38. Abnormal growth (tumor).






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






40. Forehead






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






42. Hippocrates






43. Ayru-Veda






44. Constantine






45. Pertaining to the side of the body






46. Fight or flight






47. Degeneration






48. 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






49. Pertaining to the femur






50. Tumor that is usually not life-threatening