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A Historical Perspective of Massage

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Massage   Systematic or scientific manipulation of the soft tissues of the body for the purpose of obtaining or maintaining health  
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Amma   The original massage technique; or is regarded as the precursor to all other therapies,manual and energetic - the grandparent to all massage techniques  
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Huang-ti-Nei-Ching (Nei Ching)   The classic scripture of the traditional Chinese medicine; it contained descriptions of healing touch procedures and their uses  
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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  
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Tsubo(s)   A series of energy points; Asian concept  
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Ayur-Veda   The sacred Indian Practice in which massage was included  
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Esculapius (Asclepius)   Greek physician was responsible for the Emerging medical profession  
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Hippocrates   Father of modern western medicine  
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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  
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Girolamo Mercuriale and Timothy Bright   Renaissance physicians; Mercuriale took part in the De Arte Gymnastica  
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De Arte Gymnastica   The work generally credited as being the first book in the fields of sports medicine  
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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  
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Pehr Henrik Ling   Swedish physician; the father of Swedish massage and physical therapy  
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Swedish Gymnastics   Therapeutic system using movement to overcome discomforts that arise from abnormal conditions  
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Active Movements   Movements performed by the client  
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Passive Movements   Movements of the patient performed by the the therapist  
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Duplicated Movements   Movements performed by the client with the cooperation of the therapist (active assistive) (active resistive)  
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Middle 1900s   When the term 'massage' came into use  
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Swedish Massage   A component of Ling's system that blends massage with the science of physiology  
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Johann Mezger   The individual whose efforts led primarily to texts that commonly use french terminology to describe massage strokes  
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China   The country in which the first written accounts of therapeutic rubbing (massage) originated  
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Borelli   The person who first analyzed the phenomenon of muscular contraction  
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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  
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Douglas O. Graham   3rd follower of Swedish movement; practiced Swedish Massage; wrote several books on the history of massage  
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John Harvey Kellogg   Was busy convincing the general public of massage benefits; publish books + magazines + articles on massage  
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