Terminology Flashcards
What is the definition of Alternative Medicine?
The use of non-mainstream healing methods in place of conventional medicine.
What is the American Massage Therapy Association?
A non-profit, professional association serving massage therapists, massage students, and massage schools.
Who is Asclepius?
The greek god of healing depicted with a staff and single snake that is used today as part of the American Medical Association crest. He is also known as Asklepois.
What is the Massage Therapy Foundation?
An organization that promotes research on the benefits of massage, spreads knowledge, and encourages community outreach.
Definition of Massage
The ethical and professional application of structured therapeutic touch to benefit soft-tissue health, movement, posture, and neurological patterns.
Define the term “Special Population”
Any client base for which a particular type of massage has been developed to serve specific needs.
Who is Ida Rolf?
An American biochemist who extensively researched musculoskeletal components and developed structural integration. Her methods continue to profoundly influence massage today.
Who is Janet Travell?
An American physician who had a special interest in musculoskeletal pain and developed a number of methods for treating muscle pain in her extensive work on trigger points. “The Trigger Point Manual” (that she co-wrote in 1968) continues to profoundly influence massage today.
How did Leonardo da Vinci influence massage?
He advanced anatomy as part of his studies in painting.
Define Bodywork
A broad term that refers to many forms, methods, and styles of therapy (including massage) that positively influences the body through touch.
Define the term Client
The person receiving the service of professional massage or bodywork.
Who is Frances Tappan? What is her significance in massage?
An American physical therapist who wrote numerous important books on massage therapy, including “Massage Techniques: A Case Method Approach”. She helped promote the regulated practice of massage during her lifetime.
Hippocrates is widely regarded as?
The “Father of Western Medicine”
Ibn Sina brought together and organized existing medical knowledge from the Romans, Greeks, and India in a manuscript titled what?
“Canon of Medicine”
Who is Geronimo Mercuriali (1530-1606)?
An Italian philologist and physician who explained principles of physical therapy in the “Art of Gymnastics”.
