Ch 1: History of Massage

Very little recorded history of health practices during the Middle Ages has survived.

Who was the father of physical therapy?

The __ revived interest in the arts and sciences.

What year was Esalen massage developed at the Esalen Institute?

The Chinese practiced massage as early as 3,000BC.

Which describes a percussion stroke applied to the body?

Who was credited with coining the terms to denote massage strokes?

The word massage originates from several languages including Latin, Sanskrit, Greek, and:

Who developed Manual Lymphatic Drainage massage?

Who popularized the word massage at the end of the 19th century?

What massage movement involves lifting, squeezing & pressing tissue?

Japanese shiatsu applies pressure to specific points called __.

In 1985 __ introduced chair massage.

Which movement involves gliding the hands over an extended portion of the body?

Anatripsis is the "art of rubbing a body part __".

Massage has been an important part of medicine for at least 5,000 years.

__ is a technique from Japan in which certain points are pressed to affect the flow of energy.

__ popularized Deep Transverse Friction massage.

In the past, a male massage practitioner may have been called a:

Sports massage was first made available to Olympic athletes during which Olympic Games?

Which of these is NOT one of the basic massage strokes?

What is the name of the code of ethics taken by physicians?