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Week 1 Flashcards

Massage Theory and Important People

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What is the Swedish Massage?

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  • one of most popular
  • long flowing strokes, kneading and circular movements
  • helps relax and energize muscles
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Deep Tissue Massage

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  • reaches deeper layers of muscle and connective tissue
  • slower, more forceful strokes
  • release muscle tension and improve range of motion
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Thai Massage

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  • traditional form originatied in thailand
  • stretching and pressure techniques
  • promotes relaxation and improve flexibility
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Shaitsu Masssage

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  • finger pressure on specific points of the body
  • to help balance flow of energy (qi) through body
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Sports Massage

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  • help athletes prevent and recover from injuries
  • involves deep tissue, stretching and other techniques
  • promotes mobility and flexibility
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Reflexology

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  • specific points on feet, hand and ears that correspond with different parts of the body
  • pressure and massage used to stimulate those points
  • promotes relaxation and healing
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Craniosacral therapy

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  • gentle, non-invasive therapy
  • light pressure to skull and spine
  • to help release tension and promote relaxation
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Myofascial release

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  • release tension and pain in fascia
  • slow, sustained pressure and stretching
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what is fascia?

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connective tissue that surrounds muscles and organs

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Hot Stone Massage

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  • heated stones placed on specific areas of the body
  • promotes relaxation and eases muscle tension
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Chinese Massage

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  • tuina chinese medical massage, push-pull
  • believes in qi
  • massage stimulates flow of qi and promote healing
  • developed acupressure techniques
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Define Massage

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ethical and professional application of structured, therapeutic touch to benefit soft-tissue health, movement, posture and neurological patterns

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what is qi?

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vital energy that flows through bodys channels or meridians

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Greece

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  • massage to treat athletes and soliders
  • improve blood flow and promote healing
    -Herodicus and sports medicine
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Acupressure

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applying pressure to specific points on the body to alleviate pain and tension

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Hippocratic Oath

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famous code of ethics for physicians

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Rome

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  • part of daily life for therapeutic and leisure
  • effective to improve circulation, relieve muscle tension and promote relaxation
  • frictio was most popular (rubbing and kneading muscles w oil)
  • percussion (tapping muscles with hands or small instrument) to relive tension and promote relaxation
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why did arts and science decline?

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  • fall of roman empire that led to political instability, economic decline and social upheaval
  • lack of funding, resources and support
  • rise of christianity
  • anti-intellectualism
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Arabic Empire

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  • preservation of greek/roman culture
  • scholars worked to translate texts into arabic
  • massage was a part of medical practices
  • treats variety of ailments )musculoskeletal disorders, headaches and stress conditions)
  • used as form of hospitality, guests receive massages upon arrival
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What role did the renaissance play

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  • renewed interest in classical art and knowledge
  • artists studied anatomy and physiology to create better art
  • renewed interest in body led to increased understanding of massage therapy
  • wealthy people used it for relaxation and leisure
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who developed the swedish massage

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per henrik ling

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who are the taylor brothers

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physicians trained in europe in massage and brought it back to the united states to use for medical practive.

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how did the US receive the taylor brothers

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  • met w skepticism
  • viewed as prostitution
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Florence Nightingale

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  • nursing
  • used massage in medical treatment
  • thought it would help circulation, reduce pain, promote healing
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Elizabeth Dicke

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  • developed technique of connective tissue massage aka Bindegewebsmassage
  • uses pressure and manipulation to target the fascia
  • used to treat chronic pain, headaches, and sports injuries
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Sister rosalind gefre

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  • nun founded the first massage therapy school in the US
  • advocated for professionalization of massage therapy indistry
  • mostly massage for chronic pain
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Mary Mcmillan

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  • helped establish physical therapy
  • advocate of massage therapy as treatment for people with disabilities
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Clara curtis

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  • helped make massage therapy legitmate form of medical treatment

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