English for the Osteopath

WW Presenting Complaints & Describing Pain Test your knowledge of pain vocabulary and clinical English with this interactive activity. This interactive activity is hosted on Wordwall and embedded here for educational use. The activity and its content remain the property of their respective creator(s). English for Osteopathy · Medical English · Pain Vocabulary

The Perfect Tenses in an Anamnesis Medical English · Grammar The Perfect Tenses in an Anamnesis Using the present perfect, past perfect and future perfect in a clinical consultation. The three perfect tenses Clinical purpose: perfect tenses help practitioners connect symptoms, earlier events and expected outcomes to a particular point in time. Present Perfect For a past experience with present relevance, or a situation that continues now. Question “Have you experienced any chest pain?” Negative “I have not had any allergic reactions.” Statement “The patient has reported feeling dizzy.” Past Perfect For an action completed before another action or point in the past. Question “Had you taken your medication b...

Describing Pain | Medical English Medical English · Clinical Vocabulary How To Describe Pain Clear, precise language for discussing the quality, intensity and behaviour of a patient’s pain. Ache and pain Key distinction: pain is the general term. An ache is usually a continuous, dull form of pain. The distinction concerns the quality of the sensation, not simply its intensity. Ache A continuous, usually dull discomfort. It often appears in compounds such as backache , headache and toothache . Ache may also be used as a verb. Question “Does a warm shower soothe the aching muscle?” Negative “Her body does not ache when she rests.” Statement “After the marathon, her legs ached for several days.” Pain The general term for an unpl...