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