Medical Terms and their Meanings

Term	Meaning
Facilitation	A means of helping to achieve a desired movement, often used to help promote normal movement
Hypermobility	A connective tissue condition that results in increased range of movement
Inflammation	Classic signs of inflammation are heat, pain, redness, swelling and loss of function. This is an important and normal part of healing.
Lordosis	Increase in the curve of the lower back
Low Tone	Floppiness in the muscles
Lower Limbs	Legs
Medial Arch	The instep of the foot
Midline	The centre of your body (a line drawn straight down though your nose and tummy button).
Mobilisation	Specific movements, often influencing the small joints of the spine, in order to free up stiff or malaligned joints that cause pain
Muscle Tone	How floppy or stiff your muscles are
Osgood Schlatters	A common cause of knee pain often affecting young active/sporty teenagers
Passive Movement	Someone else moves a part of your body
Posterior	Behind
Postural Drainage	The use of postitioning to treat chest conditions
Postural Management	Keeping an eye on how children grow
Posture	The position your body is in
Prone	Lying on your tummy
Range of Movement	The amount a joint can move
Rotation	Turning one part of the body on another
Scolosis	When the spine has an 'S' shaped curve and is also twisted
Side flexion	Bending to the side
Standing Frame	Equipment to help weight bearing at the hips
Supine	Lying on your back
Sway Back	One kind of poor standing posture
TA's	Heel Cord
Trunk	The torso - body
Upper Limbs	Arms

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