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overview
history, modalities, and skill sets
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 3000 B.C. | Chinese practical massage through acupressure, energy meridians, & acupuncture called amma. Today Chinese also refer to the push-pull as tuina |
| 1800 B.C. | The concept of ayurvedic medicine was developed by Hindus in India. The physical, emotional, & spiritual environment is energetically required for health. |
| 300 B.C. | Massage was primary to Greek & Roman cultures |
| Hippocrates | Father of medicine, emphasized the value of massage in medicine (460-380 B.C.) |
| Sixth Century A.D. | Japanese adopted techniques from Chinese & called the 660 points of stimulation tsubo. Shiatsu points are pressed to affect Chi |
| Ambroise Pare | A French surgeon, that described the positive effect of massage through movement of friction, flexion, extension, & circumduction of joints. |
| Per Henrick Ling | Father of Swedish Massage, introduce Medical Gymnastics. In 1813 established schools in Sweden, spread into Europe & Russia, and called it Swedish Movements |
| Charles Taylor | a New York physician who started an orthopedic practice w/ Swedish Movement cure brought into the US, the Swedish Movement Cure |
| 1960 | Renaissance of massage in the US |
| 1970-1980 | Rise in use of massage as well as other bodywork. American Massage Therapy Association (AMTA) & Association of Bodywork and Massage Professionals (ABMP) are formed |
| 1992 | NCTMB (National Certification for Therapeutic Massage and Bodyworkers)was developed |
| 2005 | NCBTMB formed 2 test MBLEX by FSMTB & NCETM |
| Dr. Johann Mezger | developed rehabilitation aka physical therapy |
| Dr. John Kellogg | prescribed massages as part of treatment to patients at the Battle Creek Sanitarium of Michigan wrote textbooks on massage & hydrotherapy. |
| Elizabeth Dicke | Developed a connective tissue massage called Bindegewebsmassage |
| James Cyrian | Developed deep transverse friction techniques to broaden tissue, break down adhesions & restore mobility |
| Claudius Galenus | a Greek physican, contributed much written material on early manual medicine |
| Aulus Cornelius Ceusus | a native Roman physician who has been credited with compiling De Medicina |
| Charles Fayette Taylor & George Henry Taylor | 2 brothers introduce the Swedish movement to the US |
| Randolph Stone | created polarity therapy |
| Emil & Estrid vodder | developed lymph drainage |
| Dr. James B Mennell | divides the effect of massage into 2 categories: mechanical & reflex actions |
| Hydrotherapy | the use of water for therapeutic purposes. Water is relaxing, stimulating, and a natural healer used both internally & externally |
| Thermal Hydrotherapy | heat pack, hot stones, hot bath, sauna, & steam room |
| Mechanical Hydrotherapy | sprays or whirlpools |
| Chemical Hydrotherapy | Ingesting or irrigation of water |
| Effects to Body (hydrotherapy) | decrease pain, stiffness, muscle spasm, increase circulation, metabolism, respiration, inflammation |
| Crotherapy | Ice therapy: short application will stimulate: long application will sedate. Used for strains, sprains, fractures, and contusions. Used in RICE |
| Effects of Cold & Ice | Decreases pain, circulation, digestion inflammation, muscle spasm, incresases tissue stiffness, muscle tone |
| Contraindication Risks to Hot & Cold | High or low blood pressure, pregnancy, heart or circulatory problems, diabetes, seizures, skin rash, vascular issues, infections, contagious conditions |
| Aromatherapy | the science of utilizing highly concentrated extractions from plants to balance, harmonize, & promote the health of the body, mind, & spirit |
| Qi-Gong | Chi King: an exercies that is mediative in nature but energizes the body through movement technique, much like tai chi |
| Acupressure | utilizes fingers or knuckes to press meridian points on the surface of the skin to stimulate the body's natural healing abilities |
| Acupuncture | use of needles along meridians |
| Jin Shin Do | its a blend of shiatsu, acupressure, & breath work that involves local & distal pressure points along meridian-like strange flows to balance the mind, body, & spirit through a clearing of energy between two points held together. |
| Reiki | Developed by Dr. Mikas Hsui by applying gentle contact or no contact w/ the client. It focuses on chi & clearing the chakras |
| Polarity | Includes life energy chakras, & elements. Based on the princeple that every cell has both negative & positive poles, the use of gentle touch to manipulate the tissue & restore balance; a mind/body/spirit integrative approach |
| Therapeutic Touch | Developed by Dolores Krieger, to promote balancing & healing of clients w/out touch. It is noninvasive & addresses physical, mental, emotional, & spiritual aspects |
| Alexander Techinque | Developed by Frederick Matthias Alexander. Process of movement re-education to identify & rid the body of faulty postures by replacing habit w/ conscious movement. |
| Applied Kinesiology | Developed by George Good hart. The use of muscle testing to evaluate strength & weaknesses or imbalances in the body. |
| Aston Patterning | Developed by Judith Aston. A combination of deep tissue & other massage combined w/ movement education. Sessions may include massge, movement education, fitness training, postural evaluation, & environmental modifications. |
| Bindegewebsmassage | the use of dermatomes (segement planes of the dermis) of connective tissue to identify problems based on the theory that imbalance anywhere in the body is imbalance in the total body |
| Connective tissue massage | A light technique of dragging & pulling the skin to release the superficial fascia |
| Craniosacral | A technique that focuses on releasing blockages in the flow of the craniosacral fluid & releasing emotional trauma. Upledger, Milne, & Sutherland are all known for their respective craniosacral techniques |
| Esalen | a body/mind/spirit modality consisting of very light swedish massage aimed at inducing deep states of relaxation |
| Feldenkrais | A process of unlearning restrictive movement habits & replacing them with efficient, graceful movement |
| Geriatric massage | a therapy for older adults w/ attention paid to their specific needs & contraindications |
| Hellerwork | a type of bodywork consistiong of 11 sessions of structural work combined w/ vocal work aimed at bringing consciousness to posture & movement. Developed by Joseph Heller |
| Kinesiology | the study of muscle movement. Also refers to several different modalities of muscle testing to restore health & balance to the body, sometimes incorporating nutrition & other forms of bodywork |
| Lymphatic drainage massage | massage of the lymph nodes and lymph system. Developed by Dr. Hans Vodder |
| Medical massage | bodywork performed for the purpose of injury repair & rehabilitation from pathological conditions |
| Myofascial release | Any method directed at treating restrctions or adhesions in the fascia & muscles |
| Myotherapy | Trigger point therapy that includes re-education of the muscle. Develpoed by Bonnie Prudden |
| Neuromuscular Therapy (NMT) | A technique directed at returning the body to a state ot structural balance; also referred to as trigger poing therapy. Developed by Chaitow. In America by Paul St. John & Janet Travell |
| Orthopedic Massage | Massage developed from osteopathic techniques, focusing on rehabilitating connective tissue, tendons, ligaments, carilage, & soft tissue surrounding a bone injury or insult. |
| Postural integration | a body/mind/spirit modality that incorporates breath work, deep fascial work, & emotional work to restore structural balance to the body |
| Proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF) | A technique during which a muscle is stretched to resistance and held for 10 seconds, followed by the client contracting the muscle for 5 seconds |
| Reflexology | Treating the reflex zone & points found on the hands, feet, and ears that correspond to a map of the body , internal tissues, & organs. Developed by Dr. Fitzgerald & Eunice Ingham. |
| Rolfing | Deep structural realignment that takes place over the course of 10 sessions. Developed by Ida Rolf |
| Rosen method | Breathing & relaxation techinques accompanied by rebalancing alignment & increasing flexibility using nonintrusive touching, verbal interaction, & breathing. Developed by Marion Rosen. |
| Robenfield synergy | A body/mind/spirit approach combining psychotherapy w/ movements, postures, talk therapy, dreamwork, & other techniques |
| Strain counter strain | also called postional release, is to guide the body into a spacewhere the muscle tension can release on its own from the painful tender point of the strain. |
| Trager | Gentle rocking & other nonintrusive movements to facilitate the release of deep physical & emotional restrictions. The hook-up, a nature state of being similar to a meditative state, is used to connect the practioner w/ the energy of client. milton trager |
| Trigger point therapy | a technique directed at returning the body to a state of structural balance; also referred to as NMT |
| Zero Balancing | Treatments performed w/ the client fully clothed & in a seated position, progressing to a reclining position, focus on integrating the physical body w/ the energetic body. Developed by Fritz Smith. |
| Watsu | Shiatsu in a warm pool of water |
| Thai massage | work performed on the floor that consists of assisted yoga-like positioning of the body, along with gentle rocking and stretching. |
| Ayurvedic massage | Techinques that focus on detoxifcation and the restoration of health through the chakras |
| Attunement Therapy | creates emotional well-being through working w/ physiological elements of relational trauma that are stored in the nervous system. |
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