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TMB60 Quiz 1.1
Theory of Massage and Bodywork
Question | Answer |
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In ancient civilizations, who provided personal care services, including massage in the home? | Slaves and domestic servants |
What was a practitioner of sports massage called in the early twentieth century? | Athletic Masseur |
In the 1940's, health service operators at YMCA's offered massage, hydrotherapy, relaxation techniques, and exercise. What was the overall goal of these services? | Health, fitness, and general well-being |
Health clubs today are modern descendants of the ancient: | Greek Gymnasia |
Traditional Hispanic healers trained by apprenticeship to use soft tissue manipulation in treating the ailments of those in their communities are called: | Sobardoras |
In Ancient Greece, massage therapy was called anatriptic art, which means to rub _______. | Up |
In the nineteenth century, who popularized the use of French terminology to describe categories of massage techniques? | Johann Metzger |
What organization was formed in England in 1894 to raise professional standards for massage specialists working in the medical field? | Society of Trained Masseuses |
Who developed the system of medical gymnastics that was known as the Swedish Movement Cure in the mid-nineteenth century in the United States and Britain? | Pehr Henrick Ling |
By the early twentieth century, the Swedish Movement Cure and massage were so identified together that they became known in the United States as: | Swedish Massage |
In the 1950's what term previously used for a legitimate massage establishment became permanently associated with a house of prostitution? | Massage Parlor |
According to the Greek geographer Strabo (63 BCE to 24 CE) with what did ancient Indian royalty polish and rub their skin? | Flat sticks |
In what decade of the twentieth century was trade between China and the U.S. reopened, leading to an exchange of information about traditional medical procedures such as acupuncture and Chinese medical massage? | 1970's |
In the U.S. in the 1970's a simplified form of massage was developed in California that incorporated simple Western Massage techniques and emphasized sensual aspects using scented oils, candle lighting and new age music. It was called: | Esalen Massage |
Today's day spas can trace their history back to the ancient: | Roman baths |
Benedict Lust (1872-1945), who operated the original nature cure resort called Yungborn in Butler, NJ, is known as the Father of: | Naturopathy |
J. Harvey Kellogg is known for: | Author of the Art of Massage, Director of the Bottle Creek Sanitarium in Michigan, Developer of cold cereal |
In the 19th century, bath attendants were: | Assistant's to doctors of hydrotherapy |
In the 1800's, what word did the British use to describe the type of massage they saw in India, China, and the Middle East? | Shampooing |
In the 1800's, the government of Japan decreed that the occupation of ammashi be reserved for: | The blind |
The type of bodywork given at a Turkish bath by a telltack has been described as: | Pressing the muscles, stretching, and cracking the joints |
In the U.S. in the early 20th century, the signature massage found in the beauty salons was: | Swedish Massage |
In the U.S. in the mid 20th century, the title for a male massage practitioner trained in school, as opposed to someone who learned a massage by apprenticeship on the job was: | Graduate Masseur |
IN the 1930's, Swedish Masseuses offered massage, as well as, nutritional advice, exercise, and steam room and steam cabinets, in what type of special business? | Reducing Salons |
The American Association of Masseurs and Masseuses, founded in 1943, is known today as: | American Massage Therapy Association |