physiotherapy

«physiotherapy» in Mova's school dictionary: treatment that helps people heal and move better using… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (physiotherapy — uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

Physiotherapy is treatment that helps people heal and move better using exercises, stretching, massage and sometimes heat or cold, not medicine. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life people have physiotherapy after a broken bone, a sports injury or an operation; in science and health lessons it shows how muscles and joints get stronger with practice. Phrases: have physiotherapy, physiotherapy sessions, a course of physiotherapy.

examples

• After breaking her leg, Mia had physiotherapy. tree →
• Physiotherapy helped Grandad walk again. tree →
• I go to physiotherapy on Thursdays. tree →
• Physiotherapy exercises can be hard work. tree →
• The swimmer needed physiotherapy for her shoulder. tree →
• Her physiotherapy took six weeks. tree →

note

Uncountable: no «a», no plural («a physiotherapy session» is fine). Short form «physio». In the USA: «physical therapy».

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «physiotherapy» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.