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A physiotherapy review
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Follow a follow-up consultation with advice and a precaution.
Listen to each sentence and write what you hear.
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Words to know
- stiffness
- Difficulty in moving easily.
- ease off
- To become less strong or painful.
- joint
- A place where two bones meet.
- precaution
- Something done to prevent a problem.
Answer key
- Your shoulder has improved remarkably since our last session, although the stiffness in the morning is still a concern.“Since our last session” marks the start of the improvement. “Remarkably” has four syllables.
- It does ease off once I have moved around a bit, but reaching up to a shelf still hurts.The auxiliary “does” is stressed to confirm. “Reaching” is the subject: an -ing form.
- That is common, and it tells me we should now concentrate on strengthening the muscles around the joint.“Concentrate on” is followed by an -ing form. “Muscles” has a silent c: MUS-els.
- Should I stop my usual swimming in the meantime, or would that be an unnecessary precaution?“Should I” starts the question. “In the meantime” means during the time until then.
- Not at all; gentle swimming is excellent, provided you stop the moment you feel a sharp pain.“The moment” here means as soon as. “Not at all” answers no, politely.