massage theroy chpt: 1

Ebers Papyrus

an agent document dating in 1550 BCE that contains around 700 formulae in remedies that demonstrate Egypt's advance understanding of anatomy and pathology.

Yellow Emperors classic of internal medicine

An important early text of Chinese medicine, believed to originate as early as 1000 BCE, which provides the philosophical foundation on which Chinese traditional medicine is founded

Abhyyanga

The centric word for oil massage in a ayurvedic medical system of India

Alternative medicine

The use of non-mainstream healing methods in place of conventional medicine

American massage therapy association

A nonprofit professional association serving massage therapist, massage students, and massage schools

Andreas Vesalius

A Flemish anatomist born in Brussels who wrote on the workings of the human body in 1543, and corrected many of the anatomical assertions made by Galen

Arab medicine

After the fall of the Rome in the fifth century, the Arabs preserved Greek and Roman medical knowledge in the integrated with their own understanding. By the ninth century, the Arabs had handwell developed pharmacies in an advance understanding of the herbal medicine Al-Razi and Ibn Sina, or regarded as great thinkers and clinicians in Arab medicine

Asclepius

The Greek god of healing, depicted with a staff and single snake that used today as part of the American Medical Association crest

Associated body work and massage professionals

The premier membership association serving the massage and bodywork profession, ABMP, provided comprehensive liability insurance, educational tools, and support the massage professionals students and structures in schools. ABMP also created this program

Ayurveda

The traditional medical system of India that developed in the India and Sierra Lanka more than 5000 years ago and has written in four texts called the Vedas, the big Veda compiled from an earlier oral history between 1700 and 1100 BCE outlines the main concepts in Ayurveda. Ayurveda Includes a strong emphasis on manual therapies and massage

Body armor

A term developed by Wilhelm Reich to describe what he is called unreleased psychosexual Energy that produces physical blocks in muscles and organs

Body mind therapy

Also referred to as a somatic therapy and introductions by Wilhelm Reich this therapeutic approach to the body and the mind of the individual includes both manual and therapy and talk therapy

Bodywork

A broad term that refers to many forms, methods, and styles of therapy that positively influence the body through touch

Claudius Galenus

A Greek physician, 130 to 200 CE, also known as Galen, who built on the theories in medical practice of Hippocrates, he also was the first discovered circulation of blood

Client

The person receiving the service of the professional massage or bodywork

Commission on massage therapy accreditation

All credits educational institutes and programs providing instructions in massage, bodywork, ethics, and skin care

Complementary medicine

A non-mainstream approach to healing used together with conventional medicine

Conventional medicine

Medicine that is commonly practiced in hospitals or by medical professionals using drugs and surgery as their primary intervention

Esalen Institute

A center for the exploration of human potential that included spiritual practice like meditation, Buddhism, and yoga, as well as massage and bodywork. It was founded by Michael Murphy and Dick Price in 1962 in Big Ser, California, and is still running as a massage school and human potential center today

Federation of State massage therapy boards

Organization that supports state and massage boards in creating consistent incoherent licensing a massage therapist

Francis Tappan

An American physical therapist who wrote numerous important books on massage therapy, including massage techniques, a case method approach. She also helped him with the regulated practice of massage during her lifetime

Geronimo Mercuriali

An Italian philosopher and physician who explained principles of physical therapy in the art of gymnastics

Healthcare-oriented massage

A massage provided to address chronic soft tissue holding patterns, soft tissue injury, or chronic pain. It also refers to massage provided in medical settings provide comfort, therapeutic change, or condition management under the supervision of a physician

Hippocrates

An early Greek physician who widely regarded as the father of Western medicine because he based his practice on observation extensive study of anatomy, rational explanations of symptoms, and underlying causings

Holistic healthcare

A system of medicine that seeks to address the needs of the whole person, not just the symptoms or diseases

Human potential movement

Is spiritual and alternative health movement promoted at the Esalan Institute in California in the 1960s, the movement believed that humans have a large store of untapped creative and intellectual potential that can be improved through spiritual practice and bodywork

Ibn Sina

An Arab physician and philosopher, 980 to 1037 CE, who brought together and organized exciting medical knowledge from the Romans, Greeks in India in a monumental manuscript titled The Canon of the Medicine, it became a highly regarded and standard European medical reference for over 500 years

Ida Rolf

An American biochemist who extensively research musculoskeletal components in developmental integration her methods continue to profoundly influence massage today

integrative medicine

Collaborative healthcare that uses a team of medical and alternative health professionals to address all aspects of health

Janet travell

An American physician who had a special interest in musculoskeletal pain and developed a number of methods for treating muscle pain in her extensive work on trigger points. The trigger point manual continues to profoundly influence massage today.

Johann Mezger

A Dutch physician provided the names for passive tissue manipulation in Swedish massage

John Harvey Kellogg

An American physician who embraced massage as part of healthy lifestyle and wrote the massage, its physiological effect therapeutic applications, which metabolic effects of massage on different body systems

Leonardo da Vinci

An Italian painter who was widely regarded as one of the greatest painters of all time, he advanced anatomy as part of his studies in painting

Massage

The ethical and professional application of structured therapy touch to benefit soft tissue healthy movement posture and neurole patterns

Massage therapy foundation

An organization that promotes research on the benefits of massage spreads knowledge and encourages community outreach

Mondino de Liuzzi

In Italian astronomers, an author who systematized dissection and published a manual called Anathomia, which became the medical textbook that we use by schools for three centuries

National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health

An organization that promotes shared research between conventional physicians and CAM therapist and provides information to the public

National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork

An organization providing certification, education, and information to massage and bodywork students in practitioners

Per Henrik Ling

A Swedish theologist and fencing master who developed a structure movement system called the Swedish movements, building off of the work of many other people, Ling's work was integrated with the work of Dutch physician Dr Johan mezger, resulting in many of the methods that we now call Swedish massage

Special population

Any client base for whichever a particular type of massage has been developed to serve specific needs

Swedish gymnastics

The system developed by Per Hendrik Ling that classified movements as active, passive, and active pass, and formed the basis for modern Swedish massage

Tiffany Field

An American physiologist who founded the touch research Institute in 1992 to scientifically prove the benefits of massage

Touch Research Institute

An organization founded by American psychologist Tiffany Field in 1992 to scientifically prove the benefits of massage

Wellness oriented massage

Massage performed in wellness or relaxation oriented environments to facilitate stress reduction, relaxation, or wellness

Wilhelm Reich

An Austrian physiologist who studied with Sigmund Freud and considered the founder of the psychotherapeutic body therapies, sometimes called body mind therapy, are somatic therapy. Reich, introduce the idea of body armor to explain what he called unreleased psychosexual energy that produced physical blocks in muscles and organs. He is the author of a number of books, most notably character analyst