History of Massage

Acc. to the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, which approach is considered mind/body practice?

Which individual discussed the effects of massage and used friction on joints in the 1500s?

Which organization developed and released the Massage and Bodywork Licensing Examination in 2008?

What type of credential did the National Certification Board of Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork begin offering in 2013?

massage organization that established a massage curriculum and accreditation of massage schools

How is human trafficking best described?

Which term describes a component of the Ling System?

Who developed the Swedish Movement Cure, which included the use of massage?

Japanese but based on Chinese medicine, and uses applied pressure of the thumbs, elbows, and other parts of the body?

Which issue may legal massage therapists have to deal with because of human trafficking?

Who helped popularize massage therapy in the United States during the modern era, published Good Health Magazine

What is the original massage technique in China and the precursor to manual and energetic therapies?

The first written records of massage date back to 3000 BC in which country?

Who is the founder of modern nursing, which included massage as part of care?

What was the original name of the American Massage Therapy Association?

Which work is commonly referred to as the classic scripture of traditional Chinese medicine?

When is the earliest the term massage was used by most European-based cultures?

manual manipulation of soft tissue using pressure and traction for therapeutic, palliative, and recreational purposes?

Which center is the 1st in the world to focus on the effects of massage and its application in the treatment of diseases

Who wrote the Canon of Medicine, the most famous book in the history of medicine in both the East and the West?

Which origin for the word massage is Greek?

In 1883, Hartvig Nissen opened the Swedish Health Institute of Washington, DC

Who wrote the first American textbook on the Swedish Movement System in 1860?

French physician Lucas-Championniere used massage and exercise to treat soldiers injured during which event?

what year did George Henry Taylor and Charles Fayette Taylor introduce the Swedish Movement system in the United States?

Which healing method is based on Hindu tradition?

Who is generally recognized as the father of modern Western medicine?

Which illegal activity uses massage as a cover for its operations?

Who was the first known scientist to demonstrate that blood circulation due to muscular contraction of the heart?

Which individual is credited with having introduced French terms still in use to describe massage techniques?

Which center was a think tank for human potential movement and the first exposure to massage for many people?

organization offered a national certification exam in 1992 that was adopted by most states as a licensure requirement?

When was the American Massage and Therapy Association founded?

When was the Associated Bodywork and Massage Professionals founded?

What organization was established to advance massage by supporting research?