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History of massage 2

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The first accounts of therapeutic rubbing originated in what country?
China
The original massage technique
Amma
Energy points in the Japanese massage system where pressure is applied
Tsubos
The application of massage was included in what sacred indian practice
Ayur-Veda
The father of Modern Western Medicine
Hippocrates
Systematic and scientific manipulation of the soft tissues of the body for the purpose of obtaining and maintaining health
massage
western massage techniques tend to use french terminology, primarily because of the efoorts of this person
johann mezger
the classic scripture of chinese medicine
nei-ching
the scientist that demonstrated that blood circulation is impelled by the beat of theheart through arties and veins
William Harvey
This work generally credited as being the first book in the field of sports medicine
Arte Gymnastica
The father of Swedish Massage and physical therapy
Pehr Ling
Along with duplicated and active, this term is also one of the differnet kinds of movements used in Ling's system of medical gymnastics.
passive
The swedish movement system was introduced in the US by these individuals.
George and Charles Taylor
Movements performed by the client
Active

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