Massage Accelerated Test 1
Terms
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- Massage
- The systematic and scientific manipulation of the soft tissues of the body for the purpose of obtaining and maintaining healt.
- Avicenna
- Wrote Canon of Medicine
- Ling
- Father of Physical Therapy
- Effleurage
- light stroking
- Pare
- Orthopedic Surgeon who used massage for it therapeutic effect
- Pathogen
- Biological agent capable of causing disease
- -gen
- begin
- Metzger
- Responsible for getting the medical profession to accept massage as a medical treatment for disease and illness
- Dual Relationship
- When the therapist assumes more than one role with the client
- Ayurveda
- Code of Life
- Physical Therapy
- Medical gymnastics
- Sexual Misconduct
- Majority of claims filed against massage therapists were because of this
- tapotement
- percussion
- Professional Standards
- Guidelines established by a profession to promote consistent professionalism
- Kellogg
- Helped convince the general public of the benefits of massage
- absolute contraindication
- condition in which massage would be inappropriate
- Asclepius
- Greek physician who evolved into a god
- Hippocrates
- Father of Western medicine
- Gymnastics
- System of Active,Passive,and duplicated methods to overcome discomfort
- behind the knee
- This is where the popliteal region is located
- Code of Ethics
- Set of guiding moral principles
- Sternocleidomastoid
- Seperates anterior and posterior triangles in the throat
- Shiatsu
- Finger pressure
- Sexual Abuse
- Occurs when a therapist dates a client
- Self Disclosure
- Honest and open sharing of emotions, ideas, insights
- local contraindication
- massage can be done if the affected area is avoided
- Arte Gymnastica
- First book in the field of Sports Medicine
- Amma
- The oldest form of massage
- Bacteria,fungi,protozoa,virus
- Pathogenic agents
- Metzger
- Introduced French terms into the massage profession
- Cancer
- uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells
- Taylor Brothers
- Introduced the swedish movement system to the US
- anterior triangle
- trachea,mandible, and sternocleidomastoid
- posterior triangle
- clavicle, upper trapezius, sternocleidomastoid
- Galen
- Physician who recommended the use of exercise,baths, and massage.
- Pathophysiology
- Study of biological and physical manifestation of disease
- Swedish Massage
- System of Strokes that creates a very relaxing experience
- Client Abuse
- Taking advantag of a client physically,sexually,emotionally, or financially
- Physical and Chemical barriers
- one of theThe body's natural defense mechanisms
- Ling
- Developed his own system of medical gymnasics and exercise
- Pathos
- disease
- Scope of Practice
- What we are allowed to do or trained to do
- femoral triangle
- gracilis,sartorius and inguinal ligament
- Aulus Celsus
- Author of De Medicina
- Tsubo
- Energy Points
- contraindication
- condition in which massage is not indicated
- Standards of Practice
- Good decision practices
- inflammation
- one of the body's natural defense mechanisms
- Petrissage
- Kneading
- AMTA
- Organization that represents more than 47,000 massage therapists today
- Intimacy
- Sensual bond to another that includes choice,mutuality,reciprocity,trust and delight