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Who is Hippocrates?
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Father of Medicine, creator of the Hippocratic Oath
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What is your <em>intent</em> for your client?
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For your client's highest good & and for everyone's highest good.
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What is a power differential?
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The difference between someone in power -- i.e. the therapist, with his/her knowledge, being clothed, and standing -- vs. someone not in power -- i.e. the client, lacking knowledge, disrobed, and lying down.
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What are the two components of quality of touch?
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confidence and experience
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Who is Constantine?
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the emperor of Rome who destroyed records of massage when converting the Roman empire to Christianity
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Who is Per Henrik Ling?
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the "Father of Swedish Massage and Physical Therapy" who created the Swedish Movement Cure
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What is the Swedish Movement Cure?
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the combination of Swedish Massage (characterized by effleurage, or gliding) with gymnastics (exercises done in a gym)
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Who is Dr. Johann Mezger?
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the doctor who standardized massage terminology using French terms
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effleurage
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gliding
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petrassage
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kneading
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tapoment
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striking
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How do we know massage is 5000 years old?
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mentioned in writing since 2000BC; historical medical literatures of Egypt, Persia, and Japan reference massage; Hippocrates used massage; etc.
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James H. Cyriax
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developed the method of cross-fiber (transverse) friction
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Dr. Tiffany Field
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founder of the Touch Research Institute @ UMiami in 1981
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Why was the image of massage tarnished in the U.S. circa 1900?
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indentured servitude & other indebtness led to "massage parlors" becoming brothels
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Why was there a 1960s revival in massage?
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because of President JFK's encouragement to physical fitness following the Cuban Missile Crisis
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What did the 1984 Olympics do for massage?
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massage was introduced in a public venue and linked to athletics
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