| A | B |
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| James Henry Cyriax | a) developed transverse friction massage b)wrote "Textbook of Orthopedic Medicine (late 1940's) c) first to introduce 'end-feel' diagnosis of soft-tissue lesions |
| Knott and Voss | wrote "Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation" (PNF) |
| Hippocrates | a) advocated massage and gymnastic exercise b)first in Greek medicine to specifically describe medical benefits of anointing and massage c) called his art anatriptis ("rub up") d) lived 460-377 B.C. |
| Galen | a) Greek physician who contributed much written material on manual medicine b) lived 129-199 A.D. |
| Aulus Cornelius Celsus | a) Roman physician that compiled "De Medicina" (a series of 8 medical books, 7 of which dealt with rubbing, exercice, bathing, and anointing b) lived 25 B.C. - 50 A.D. |
| Ambrose Pare | A) French surgeon who used massage for joint stiffness and wound healing after surgery b) lived 1517-1590 c) described 3 massage strokes: gentle, medium, vigorous |
| Per Henrik Ling | a) developed Swedish massage b)proposed program of active and passive movements and massage for treatment of disease b) lived 1776-1839 c)used mystic language to describe his techniques |
| Dr. John Mezger | followers used the terms effleurage, petrissage, tapotement |
| Charles Taylor and George Taylor | introduced Sweish Movement Cure to the United States in 1856 |
| Eunice Ingham | reflexology |
| Dr. Janet Travell | worked with myofascial pain and trigger points |
| Bonnie Prudden | popularized trigger point work |
| Fran Tappan | wrote "Healing Massage Techniques" |
| Sister Kenny | used massage to treat polio |
| Ida Rolf | developer of rolfing |
| Dr. Johann Mezger | a) brought massage to scientific community as a form of medical treatment b) lived 1839-1909 |
| Dr. Delores Krieger | system is called Therapeutic Touch |
| Dr. James Mennell | divided massage effects into 2 categories 1) mechanical 2) reflexive |
| Sigmund Freud | experimented with massage as a treatment for hysteria |
| Wilhelm Reich | considered to be founder of psychotherapeutic bodywork |
| Alexander Lowen | founded bioenergetics |
| Randolph Stone | American physician that created Polarity Therapy in early 1900's |
| Edgar Ferdinand Cyriax | a) called his therapy mechanotherapeutics |
| Elizabeth Dicke | developed connective tissue massage (CTM) in the 1920's |
| Maria Ebner | expanded connective tissue massage |
| Emil Vodder | Danish physiologist that developed Manual Lymphatic Drainage (MLD) |
| Albert Baumgartner | wrote "Massage in Athletics" |
| Ronald Melzack | advocate of Gate Control Theory of Pain |
| Dr. Leon Chaitow | wrote Soft Tissue Manipulation and Palpatory Literacy |
| Milton Trager | developed Trager (r) |
| Richard van Why | wrote 'The Bodywork Knowledgebase' = (a compilation of history and research) |
