Chapter 1- History Flashcards
How long has massage been considered an important part of medicine?
At least 5000 years 3000 years in western medicine.
Massage
The systematic manual or mechanical manipulation of soft tissue such as, kneading, rolling, slapping or rubbing, for therapeutic purposes such as circulation if blood and lymph, relaxation of muscles, relief from pain, restoration of metabolic balance, etc.
Pehr Henrik Ling
Father of Swedish Massage Medical gymnastics Active, duplicated and passive movements. The movement cure and Swedish movements.
Charles Fayette Taylor And George Henry Taylor
- introduced the Swedish movement cure to the US in 1858.
Douglas Graham Benjamin Lee Charles Mills
1874 Brought the term massage to the US.
Johann Metzer
credited for modern massage terminology. Effleurage, petrissage, tapotement. Established the practice and art of massage as a scientific subject for physicians.
James Cyriax
Deep transverse friction massage
Gertrude Beard
Wrote “Beard’s Massage”
Francis Tappan
Wrote “healing massage techniques”
AMTA
American Massage Therapy Assn. 1943- oldest national professional massage association in the US. Started in Chicago.
David Palmer
Introduced chair massage.
Most widely known massage system.
Swedish Massage
Father of Swedish Massage Medical gymnastics Active, duplicated and passive movements. The movement cure and Swedish movements.
Pehr Henrik Ling
- introduced the Swedish movement cure to the US in 1858.
Charles Fayette Taylor And George Henry Taylor
1874 Brought the term massage to the US.
Douglas Graham Benjamin Lee Charles Mills
