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Massage History Ch 1
A Historical Perspective of Massage
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Massage | Systematic or scientific manipulation of the soft tissues of the body for the purpose of obtaining or maintaining health |
| Amma | The original massage technique; or is regarded as the precursor to all other therapies,manual and energetic - the grandparent to all massage techniques |
| Huang-ti-Nei-Ching (Nei Ching) | The classic scripture of the traditional Chinese medicine; it contained descriptions of healing touch procedures and their uses |
| Shiatsu | Means finger pressure;it is considered a component of amma; it is a Japanese modality based on the Asian concept that the body has a series of energy points which are massaged to bring balance between the mind and body |
| Tsubo(s) | A series of energy points; Asian concept |
| Ayur-Veda | The sacred Indian Practice in which massage was included |
| Esculapius (Asclepius) | Greek physician was responsible for the Emerging medical profession |
| Hippocrates | Father of modern western medicine |
| Corpus Hippocraticum | Written by Hippocrates followers; collection of early medical works associated w Hippocrates and his teachings; summarized disease and medicine in the ancient world |
| Girolamo Mercuriale and Timothy Bright | Renaissance physicians; Mercuriale took part in the De Arte Gymnastica |
| De Arte Gymnastica | The work generally credited as being the first book in the fields of sports medicine |
| William Harvey | 1st English physician/scientist who made the first exact description of blood circulation; the scientist who demonstrated that blood circulation is impelled by the beat of the heart through arteries and veins |
| Pehr Henrik Ling | Swedish physician; the father of Swedish massage and physical therapy |
| Swedish Gymnastics | Therapeutic system using movement to overcome discomforts that arise from abnormal conditions |
| Active Movements | Movements performed by the client |
| Passive Movements | Movements of the patient performed by the the therapist |
| Duplicated Movements | Movements performed by the client with the cooperation of the therapist (active assistive) (active resistive) |
| Middle 1900s | When the term 'massage' came into use |
| Swedish Massage | A component of Ling's system that blends massage with the science of physiology |
| Johann Mezger | The individual whose efforts led primarily to texts that commonly use french terminology to describe massage strokes |
| China | The country in which the first written accounts of therapeutic rubbing (massage) originated |
| Borelli | The person who first analyzed the phenomenon of muscular contraction |
| George Henry Taylor and Charles Fayette Taylor | Physicians who practiced Swedish massage; were busy convincing the medical community; introduced Swedish movement in the United States; published 1st American textbook on massage in 1860 |
| Douglas O. Graham | 3rd follower of Swedish movement; practiced Swedish Massage; wrote several books on the history of massage |
| John Harvey Kellogg | Was busy convincing the general public of massage benefits; publish books + magazines + articles on massage |
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