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The country in which the first written accounts of therapeutic rubbing (massage) originated
China
The original massage technique
Amma
The sacred Indian practice in which massage is included
Ayur-Veda
The father of Modern Medicine
Hippocrates
Systematic and scientific manipulation of the soft tissues of the body for the purpose of obtaining or maintaining health
Massage
Define: Massage
The Systematic and scientific manipulation of the soft tissues of the body for the purpose of obtaining or maintaining health
The individual whose efforts led primarily to the texts that commonly use French terminology to describe massage
Johann Mezger
The classic scripture of traditional Chinese Medicine
Nei-ching
Scientist who demonstrated that blood circulation is impelled by the beat of the heart through the arteries and veins.
William Harvey
The work generally credited as being the first book in the field of sports medicine
Arte Gymnastica
The father of Swedish massage and physical therapy
Pehr Henrik Ling
Along with duplicated and active, the term that best describes another movement that used ling’s system of medical gymnastics
Passive
Movements performed by a client
Active
When the term massage came into use
Middle 1900’s
The person who first analyzed the phenomenon of muscular contraction
Giovani Borelli
Therapeutic system using movement to overcome discomforts that arise from abnormal conditions
Swedish Gymnastics
component of Ling’s system that blends massage with the science of physiology
Swedish Massage
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intromassage1.txt
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Intro to Massage: Chapter 1
Updated
2010-07-26T14:05:53Z
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