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Massage VoCab

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the Country to have the first written accounts of theraputic massage   China  
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the original massage technique   Amma  
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the father of Western Medicine   Hippocrates  
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Systematic and scientific manipulation of the soft tissues of the body for the purpose of obtaining and maintaining health   Massage  
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the scared Indian practice in which includes massage   Ayur-Veda  
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the individual whose efforts led primarily to text that commonly used French terminology to describe massage strokes   Johann Mezger  
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the classical script of Traditional Chinese Medicine   Nei-Ching  
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Scientist who demonstrated that blood circulation is impelled by the beating of the heart through arteries and veins   William Harvey  
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the work generally credited as being the first book of sports medicine   Arte Gymnastica  
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the father of Swedish Massage   Pehr Henrik Ling  
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Passive Movements   movements of the patient preformed by the therapist (stretching, range of motion)  
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Active Movements   Movements preformed by the patient (exercise)  
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Duplicated Movements   Movements preformed by the patient with the help of the therapist (active assist)  
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When the term "Massage" came into use   middle 1900's  
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the person who first analyzed the phenomenon of muscle contraction   Borelli  
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Therapeutic system using movement to overcome discomforts that arise form abnormal conditions   Swedish Gymnastics  
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A component of Ling's system that blends massage with the science of physiology   Swedish Massage  
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