Salvo Ch. 1 Review Flashcards
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A method of manually manipulating soft tissues using compression and traction for therapeutic, palliative, and self-care or wellness purposes.
Massage Therapy
Written records of massage go back as early as…
3000 BCE
The original Chinese massage technique.
Amma
The country in which the first written accounts of massage originated.
China
The father of modern Western medicine.
Hippocrates of Cos
The classic scripture of traditional Chinese medicine.
Nei Chang
The father of Swedish massage.
Pehr Henrik Ling
The first massage organization in the United States founded in 1943 by postgraduates of the College of Swedish Massage in Chicago.
American Association of Masseurs and Masseuses
India’s first great medical works.
Ayurveda books of wisdom
Credited with introducing French terminology to describe massage techniques.
Johann Mezger
The most famous book in the history of medicine in both the East and the West.
Canon of Medicine
The name given to Ling’s system of massage and exercises or gymnastics.
Swedish Movement Cure
Japanese method based on the same traditional Chinese medicine concepts as acupuncture.
Shiatsu
Facility that opened in 1962 and, for many people, was their first exposure to massage.
Esalen Institute
The person who opened the Swedish Health Institute of Washington, D.C. in 1883, which is considered the first massage school in the United States.
Hartvig Nissen
The first institute in the world which focused it’s research efforts on the effects of massage and touch and it’s applications in the treatment of diseases.
Touch Research Institute
Use of massage continued but fell into decline in Europe and Asia during this era.
Middle Ages
The most famous physician in the Roman Empire and who wrote extensively about massage.
Galen of Pergamon
Form od modern-day slavery in which traffickers use force, fraud, or coercion to obtain some type of labor or commercial sex acts.
Human trafficking
Founder of modern nursing who developed a standard of care for patients which included massage.
Florence Nightingale
The Egyptians were the first to study and codify the therapeutic effects of …
Essential Oils
Director of the Battle Creek Sanitarium who made massage and hydrotherapy a central part of their health regimen.
John Harvey Kellogg
Organization providing Licensure examination for the massage profession.
Federal of State Massage Therapy Boards
Organization providing board certification for the massage profession.
National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork
