Massage Therapy-Principles and Practice,
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massage therapy - answer-manual and scientific manipulation of the soft tissues of the
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n body for the purpose of establishing and maintaining health and promoting wellness.
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Amma - answer-the original massage technique (Chinese developed a style of massage
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Nei-Ching - answer-Classic scripture of traditional Chinese medicine
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Ayurveda - answer-meaning code of life, Hindu tradition, deals with rebirth, renunciation,
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n salvation, the soul, the purpose of life, the maintenance of mental health, and the
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n prevention and treatment of diseases.
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,AEsculapius - answer-legendary Greek physician evolved into a god who was responsible
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n for the emerging medical profession. His holy snake and staff still remain the symbol of
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n the medical profession.
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Hippocrates of Cos - answer-Father of modern western medicine.
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De Medicina - answer-Aulus Celsus was regarded by many researchers to be the first
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n important medical historian. His De Medicina is an outstanding account of Roman
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n medicine, and it bridges the gap between his times and those of Hippocrates.
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Ambroise Pare' - answer-among the earliest modern physicians to discuss the therapeutic
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n effects of massage, especially in orthopedic surgery cases. He even classified various types
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n of massage movements.
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Girolamo Mercuriale - answer-wrote De Arte Gymnastica, considered to be the first book
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n in the field of sports medicine.
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Timothy Bright - answer-Bright discussed baths, exercise, and massage in his works,
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n divided into two parts, Hygienic on Restoring Health and Therapeutica on Restoring
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n Health. He taught his ideas to students at Cambridge University in England.
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Giovanni Alfonso Borelli - answer-Did extensive anatomical dissections and had analyzed
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n the phenomenon of muscular contraction.
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, William Harvey - answer-demonstrated that blood circulation in animals is impelled by
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n the beat of the heart through arteries and veins.
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Thomas Sydenham - answer-prominent in realizing the necessity to compile complete
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n clinical descriptions of disease, generally at bedsides, and to develop specific remedies for
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n each specific disease.
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Pehr Henrik Ling - answer-most important writer, a Swedish physiologist and gymnastics
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n instructor, developed his own system of medical gymnastics and exercise, known as the
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n Ling System, Swedish Movements, or Swedish Movement Cure. Known as the Father of
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n Swedish Massage. Ling's system consists of 3 primary movements: active, passive, and
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n duplicated.
Johann Mezger - answer-responsible for making massage a fundamental component of
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n physical rehabilitation. He is also credited with the introduction of the French
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n terminology to the massage profession (e.g., effleurage, petrissage, tapotement).
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Brothers, Drs. George Henry Taylor and Charles Fayette Taylor - answer-introduced the
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n Swedish movement system into the United States in 1856. George Taylor wrote the first
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n American textbook on the subject in 1860 entitled An Exposition of the Swedish
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