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Massage And Basic Medical Terms

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






2. Offering or providing help






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






4. Gliding massage stroke






5. Stomach






6. National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork






7. Developed cure for lymphedema & other diseases of venous or lymph circulation






8. Roman Empire






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






10. 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






11. Groin






12. Refers to the FREQUENCY of disability or deaths






13. Disorder resulting from an imbalance of essential nutrients






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






15. Massage practices returned to Europe and flourished






16. National Center for Complementary & Alternative Medicine






17. Example: side bends






18. James B. Mennell






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






20. Decreasing the angle between two bones






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






22. Ayru-Veda






23. Aka Chinese Acupoints






24. Fight or flight






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

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






27. Developed What is known as Craniosacral Therapy






28. Rubbing body part over another to create heat






29. Cancerous growth that may result in death






30. Pertaining to the arm






31. James Harvey Kellogg






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






33. Aka Swedish Massage






34. Sports massage






35. Divides the body into front and back halves






36. Triangle shaped






37. Definition: press or rub






38. The art of rubbing upward not downward






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






40. Dr. Douglas Graham






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






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






43. Tumor that is usually not life-threatening






44. Hippocrates






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. Turning the foot outward by elevating it laterally






47. Degeneration






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






49. Buttocks






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