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how many years massage a part of medicine

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5,000

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tuina

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Chinese term for medical massage meaning push-pull

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tsubo

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points on the body that are sensitive to pressure applied and affect the circulation of fluids and ki (life force)

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Shiatsu

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massage technique from Japan where points of stimulation are pressed to affect the circulation of fluids and Ki

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tschanpua

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a Hindu technique of massage in the bath

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Asclepius

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Greek physician who combined exercise and massage to create gymnastics

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gymnasium

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center where exercise and massage were combined to treat disease and promote health

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Hippocrates

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the father of medicine and wrote famous code of ethics for physicians (do no harm)

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anatripsis

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the art of rubbing a body part upward

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Celsus

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wrote De Medicina with descriptions of exercise, bathing and massage

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Decline of massage in Roman Empire

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due to Constantine and conversion to Christianity - destroyed the baths and gymnasiums

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Razi (Rhazes)

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wrote encyclopedia of Arabic, Roman, and Greek medical practices use exercise, diet and massage in treatment of disease and preservation of health

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Avicenna

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wrote Canon of Medicine considered the most important single book in medical history - paved the way for Renaissance

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Ambroise Pare

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French barber-surgeon raised awareness of massage and treated 4 of France’s kings & restored health of Mary, Queen of Scots

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Mercurialis (15300-1606)

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professor of medicine at University of Padua, Italy published De Arte Gymnastica with benefits of massage and other therapies for body and mind

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chirurgy

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healing with the hands

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Per Henrick Ling

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Swedish physiologist known as the father of physical therapy called his system medical gymnastics

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Mathias Roth 1851

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published first English book on Swedish Movements and established first institute in England to teach Swedish Movement Gymnastics

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Charles Fayette Taylor and George Henry Taylor

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brothers who introduced the Swedish Movement Cure to the United States

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modern massage terminology credited to

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Dr. Johann Mexger (1839-1909)

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Dr. John Harvey Kellogg

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published The Art of Massage: A Practical Manual for the Nurse, the Student and the Practitioner and ran the Battle Creek Sanitarium

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Albert J Hoffa

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published Technik Der Massage

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Dr. Emil Vodder

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developed Lymph Drainage massage - gentle, rhythmic massage along superficial lymphatics that aids in lymphatic system functioning

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Elizabeth Dicke

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in 1940’s developed Bindegewebsmassage (Connective Tissue Massage) directed toward subcutaneous connective tissue thought to affect vascular and visceral and visceral reflexes - based on idea that imbalance in any part of the body will affect the entire system - balances the nerve system

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Dr. James Cyriax
English orthopedic physician credited with popularizing Deep Tissue Friction Massage - broadens fibrous tissues and breaks down adhesions
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wellness model
emphasizes prevention and recognizes the importance of controlling stress and advocates massage
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Esalen massage
deeply relaxing massage based on Swedish massage with very light touch
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AMTA established when
1943
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sports massage
method of massage designed to enhance an athlete's performance
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massage at the Olympics
Summer Olympics 1984
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Chair massage
introduced in 1985 by David Palmer - provided to client fully clothed and seated on special chair
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The Cong Fou of Tao-Tse
3000 BCE China describes use of medicinal plants, exercise and anmo or amma for health maintenance
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Aura-Veda
India 1800 BCE describes massage techniques among its hygienic principles
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Homer - 900 BCE
wrote of exercise and massage as healing agents for warriors in the Iliad and the Odyssey
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Laws of Manu
300 BCE - India writing defined tschanpua a Hindu technique of massage in the bath
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San-Tsai-Tou-Hoei
600 AD published in Japan listing both active and passive massage movements
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Dark Ages of massage
475 - 1450 few medical or historical books were written and massage was abandoned in medical institutions
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Avicenna
1000 AD - Persian philosopher/physician wrote The Canon of Medicine with many references to exercise and massage
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John Grosvenor
1800 - English surgeon and practitioner of chirurgy wrote about the value of frictions for the relief of gout, stiff joints, and rheumatism
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Dr. Albert Hoffa
1900 - German published Technic Der Massage
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Neuromuscular Therapy
1940 established by Boris Chaitow and Dr. Stanley Lief
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Esalen institute
1962 center for development of the Human Potential Movement develops Esalen Massage
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John Barnes
introduces Myofascial Release
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Trager Massage
Milton Trager 1970s
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Ida Rolf
Rolfing - structural integration
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Polarity therapy
Randolph Stone - massage manipulations to balance body physically and energetically
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Trager method
uses movement exercises called mentastics and massage-like gentle shaking of different parts of the body to eliminate and prevent pent-up tensions
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Reflexology
Eunice Ingham systemized the technique focusing on the hands and feet
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Touch for Health
simplified form of applied kinesiology developed by Dr. John Thie
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Paul St. John, Janet Travell
Neuromuscular and trigger point
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Craniosacral therapy
developed by Dr. JOhn Upledger - gentle method to feel the rhythmic motion of the cerebrospinal fluid, resolve restrictive barriers and restore symmetric, smooth craniosacral motion
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scope of practice
defines the rights and activities legally acceptable according to the licenses of a particular occupation or profession
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code of ethics
set of guiding moral principles that govern a person's choice of action
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boundaries
personal comfort zones that help a person maintain a sense of comfort and safety
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client personalizes the therapeutic relationship by projecting characteristics of someone from a former relationship onto therapist
transference
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dual relationship
any situation that combines therapeutic relationship with secondary relationship that extends beyond the massage practitioner/client relationship
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countertransference
therapist personalizes therapeutic relationship by projecting characteristics of someone from a former relationship onto a client
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terms massage, effleurage, petrissage, tapotement generally attributed to
Johann Georg Mezger (1817-1893)
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retinaculum
a structure that holds an organ or tissue in place - in muscular connective tissue a retinaculum is a transverse thickening of the deep fascia which straps tendons down in a particular location or position - in the ankle it stabilizes the tendons which traverse the sharp curve of the ankle
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bursa
small fluid-filled sack that reduces friction between two structures, primarily in joints

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