Glossary

73 pieces of shorthand from your own notes — the equipment nicknames, abbreviations, and cues that no public database contains. All of it is searchable from the box above.

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Reverse Wall Press — Two readings, and the notes support both. Against “pronated forearms rotating out to external rotation”: a wall press is done standing, and a documented wall-and-roller exercise works exactly that way. For “face-down, moving out”: page 1 of your own notes defines Prone as stomach down, which is your usage. I won't override your own definition — tell me which and it's one line.

Equipment

BAPSBiomechanical Ankle Platform System: The blue circle balance board for the feet. Get the blue circle pad to go underneath. Used for plantarflexion, dorsiflexion, inversion, eversion, and clockwise/counter-clockwise circles.; “BAPS = Blue Circle board (feet) → get blue Circle Pad for under side”; Your notes say “blue circle board (feet)”. The expansion is the standard one for this board.
Blaze Pods: Light-up reaction pods. Run with the iPad.; “Blaze Pods = light up pods / ↳ With iPad”
Cane: Black at Clinton. Yellow or green at Lebanon.; “Cane = Black (Clinton) Yellow/green (Lebanon)”
DBDumbbell: Dumbbell.; “DB = Dumbell”
FoamAirex: The blue foam balance pad.; “Foam = Airex (Blue foam)”
Hammer: Small hammer used for wrist work. Pronation is palm down, supination is palm up, radial deviation is straight wrist up.; “Hammer = small hammer (wrist work) · Hammer / •Pronation = Palm down / •Supination = Palm up / •Radial Deviation = Straight wrist up”
Kick Ball: Small ball, used for the shoulder isometrics.; “Kick Ball / SB Isometric”
NuStep: Seated stepper. Arms and feet pushing together.; “NuStep: Arm/Feet pushing”
Pods: Rubber circles and pads with texture. Multi-color.; “Pods = rubber circles/pads with texture / ↳ Multi color”
ProStretch: Small blue plastic rocker for the feet.; “ProStretch = Small Blue Plastic, for feet”
Rockerboard: Brown and black board. Rocks side to side or front to back.; “Rockerboard = Brown/Black Board / ↳ Side to side or front to back”
SBStability ball: The large ball.; “SB = large ball”; Your notes say “SB = large ball”. Stability ball is the standard name.
Self Stretch: Green textured band, kept under the computer.; “Self Stretch = green teature band under computer”
TBThera-Band: Resistance band. Comes in multiple sizes and colors. The loop version is the small closed band, and it can go under the feet.; “TB = Thera band (multiple sizes)”
TB LoopThera-Band loop: The small closed-loop band. Can go under the feet.; “↳ TB Loop (small) · TB (loop) — can go under feet”
TGTotal Gym: Bi-lateral means both legs. Uni-lateral means one leg. Heel raise on the TG is a calf raise.; “TG = Total Gym · TG → total Gym / − Bi-Lateral = Both / − Uni-lateral = One leg / − Heel Raise = Calf Raise”
Thera Bar: Short rubber stick, yellow or green. Main one is at Clinton. Pronation bends in with palms down; supination turns palms up.; “Thera Bar = Short rubber Stick (yellow/green) / ↳ Main Clinton · Thera Bar / •Pronation = Bend in Palms down / •Supination = Palms Down”
Tib/Fib: Raises with the machine, for the front of the shin.; “Tib/Fib = Raises with machine (front shin)”
TRXSuspension trainer: Orange handles. Used with seniors.; “TRX → orange handles for seniors”; Your notes say “orange handles for seniors”; the expansion is the standard product name.
Tuff Stuff: Leg extension and flexion machine. Extensions and curls, for quads and hamstrings.; “Tuff Stuff = leg extension/flexion / — extension/curls (Quad/hamstrings)”

Position & Region

Cervical: The neck.; “Cervical = Neck”
Prone: Stomach down.; “Prone = Stomach Down”
Supine: Back down.; “Supine = Back Down”

Direction

Abduction: Movement away from the midline of the body — outside. Applies to legs and arms.; “Abduction = Abduct (outside), Legs/Arms”
Adduction: Movement toward the midline of the body — inside. Applies to legs and arms.; “Adduction = Add (inside), Legs/Arms”
CCWCounter-clockwise: Counter-clockwise.; “• CCW → Couter Clock Wise”
CWClockwise: Clockwise.; “• CW → Clock Wise”
Dorsiflexion: Foot pulls up, toes toward the shin. On the BAPS board, backward. Remember D for back.; “• Dorsiflexion → Backward · Dorsiflexion D = Back”
ERExternal Rotation: Rotating outward. Cue it as pushing a door open.; “− ER: Door Push out”
Eversion: Sole of the foot tilts outward, away from the midline.; “• Eversion → Outside”
Horizontal Abduction: Opening the arms out horizontally. With the band, wrist down.; “↳ Horizontal Abduction / • TB, wrist down, opening · TB Horizontal Abduction / − opening up horizontal, wrist down”
Inversion: Sole of the foot tilts inward, toward the midline.; “• Inversion → inside”
IRInternal Rotation: Rotating inward. Cue it as pulling a door closed.; “− IR: Door Pull in”
Plantarflexion: Foot points down, toes away from the shin. On the BAPS board, forward. Remember P for forward.; “• Plantar flexion → forward · Plantar flexion P = foward”
Pronation: Palm down.; “•Pronation = Bend in Palms down · •Pronation = Palm down”
Radial Deviation: Wrist bends toward the thumb side. Your notes cue it as straight wrist up.; “•Radial Deviation = Straight wrist up”
Retraction: Pulling the shoulder blades back. Rows.; “Retraction → Rows”
Scaption: Arms out straight and up in the plane of the scapula — roughly 30 to 45 degrees forward of straight out to the side. Your notes cue it as arms out, straight out and up.; “• Scaption → Arms out straight out/up”; The scapular plane sits 30–45° anterior to the frontal plane; raising in it reduces impingement risk compared with pure abduction. Physiopedia — Scapular Mechanics
Shoulder Abduction: Straight out to the side.; “• Abduction → Straight out to the side”
Shoulder Flexion: Front raise — arm lifts straight out in front.; “• Flexion → front raise”
Supination: Palm up.; “•Supination = Palms Down · •Supination = Palm up”; Page 3 of your notes reads “Supination = Palms Down”, page 4 reads “palm up”. Palm up is the anatomical definition, and that is what is recorded. TeachMeAnatomy — Anatomical Terms of Movement

Exercise

Ankle Alphabet: Moving the ankle through every letter of the alphabet.; “Ankle Alphabet = moves ankle to all letters of alphabet”
Box Squat: Squat down to the big box.; “Box Squat = Big box”
Calf Stretch (band): With the green band, under the desk.; “Calf Stretch with green band under desk”
Cervical Retraction: Flat on the back, pulling the chin inward.; “Cervical Retraction = Flat on back Pulling Chin inward”
Dead Bugs: On the back with the stability ball, knees angled. Three levels of difficulty.; “Dead Bugs = S B ball laying on back, knees angled, (3 levels)”
Heel Raise: Calf raise. On the Total Gym it is called a heel raise.; “− Heel Raise = Calf Raise”
IYTI, Y and T raises: All three letter positions. Thumbs up for all of them.; “IYT = All three, Thumbs up for All”
Kick Ball / SB Isometrics: Shoulder isometrics pressing a ball. Flexion is a punch. Extension is a pull in behind the elbow. Abduction is the top of the forearm. IR is pulling a door in. ER is pushing a door out. Adduction is an armpit pull in.; “Kick Ball / SB Isometric — Shoulder / − Flexion: Punch / − Extension: Pull in (Behind elbow / − Abduction: Top forearm / − IR: Door Pull in / − ER: Door Push out / − Adduction: Armpit Pull in”
KTCKnees To Chest: Knees to chest.; “KTC → Knees to Chest”
No Money: Thera-Band horizontal abduction with the wrist up, opening outward. The wrist-down version is plain horizontal abduction.; “No Money / • TB, wrist up, opening · − No Money = Wrist up”
Quad Dips: On a step, heel touches down with one leg. The main working leg stays on the step.; “Quad Dips = On Step, heel touches with one leg, main/effective leg on Step”
Quad Sets: Sitting on the table, squeeze the quad with a towel under the ankle. Also done with a bolster under the knee, pushing down into it.; “Quad Sets / − Sitting table, Squeeze Quad, towel under Ankle · Quad Set = bolster under knee, squeezing quad pushing into that”
REILRepeated Extension In Lying: Repeated extension while lying face down.; “REIL = Repeated extension in lying (Prone)”
Reverse Wall Pressconfirm: Half cylinder foam. Your notes read “prone to out”.; “Reverse Wall Press / − half Cilendar foam / − Prone to out”; Confirm: Two readings, and the notes support both. Against “pronated forearms rotating out to external rotation”: a wall press is done standing, and a documented wall-and-roller exercise works exactly that way. For “face-down, moving out”: page 1 of your own notes defines Prone as stomach down, which is your usage. I won't override your own definition — tell me which and it's one line.
SB Gross Spinal Extension: Ball behind the low back, stretching backward over it.; “SB Gross Spinal Extension = Ball behind low back Stretching back”
SB Thoracic Dips: Ball at the wall, facing the wall, ball above the head, leaning in toward the wall.; “SB Thoratic Dips = Ball at Wall, facing Wall ball above head leaning in toward Wall / ↳ Also thorasic?”; Your notes add a question next to this one: also thoracic?
Shoulder Extension (TB): With band handles. The arm pulls backward and downward, behind the body — driven by the lats, which are the prime mover of shoulder extension.; “Shoulder Extension → lat raise”; “Lat raise” reads as the latissimus dorsi, not a lateral raise. The lats are the prime mover of shoulder extension and pull the arm backward and downward, so the note is consistent — a lat-driven band pull, not abduction. StatPearls — Scapulohumeral Muscles (NCBI)
Side Glide: Hand and elbow on the wall, moving the hip toward the wall.; “Side Glide = hand/elbow on Wall, Moving hip toward wall”
SLSSingle Leg Stance: Standing on one leg. Done on the blue foam.; “SLS (Blue foam)”; Your notes say only “SLS (blue foam)”. SLS is the standard abbreviation for single leg stance, and foam is the usual unstable-surface progression. Shirley Ryan AbilityLab — Single Leg Stance
Supine Hip Abduction (TB): On the back with the band, opening the legs outward against resistance.; “Supine Hip Abduction (TB) / − opening up”
Supine Hip Adduction (Ball): On the back, squeezing the ball between the knees.; “Supine Hip Abduction (Ball) / − squeeze Ball”; Your notes title this “Supine Hip Abduction (Ball) — squeeze ball”. Adduction is movement toward the midline, so squeezing a ball between the knees is adduction. Filed that way. TeachMeAnatomy — Anatomical Terms of Movement
Supine SLRSupine Straight Leg Raise: Straight leg raise on the back, with the other leg bent.; “Supine SLR / • Straight leg raise, One leg bent”
Swimmers: Prone bird dogs — opposite arm and leg lifting while face down.; “Swimmers = Prone Bird dogs”
TB D1/D2PNF diagonal patterns: Cross-body diagonal pull, like a lat pulldown. Start at the top.; “TB D1|D2 → cross body (lat pull down) start top”; D1/D2 are the standard PNF diagonal patterns; your notes give the cue, not the expansion.
TB Hip Pattern 4 Ways: Band at the ankle, working the hip four ways: flexion to the front, extension to the back, abduction out, adduction in. Your notes wrote down the first two.; “TB Hip Pattern 4 Ways / − Flexion front / − Extension Back”; Titled “4 ways” with only flexion and extension listed. The four-way hip is flexion, extension, abduction and adduction throughout the literature, so the other two are filled in here. Training & Conditioning — Utilizing the 4-Way Hip
TB Pallof Walk: Grab the handle, push straight out, then lateral step two to three steps. Left side is closest to the wall.; “TB Palove Walk = grab handle, Push Straight out, lateral Step 2 to 3 / − Left Side (closest to Wall)”; Written “Palove Walk” in your notes; the standard spelling is Pallof.
Thoracic Extension (TB): With band handles, pulling down to the pockets, arms straight. Your notes add a question: rear delts?; “Thoratic Extension → down to Pockets Straight (Rear delts?)”
Treadmill Retro Walk: Walking backwards on the treadmill.; “Tredmill Retro Wak = Backwards”
Wood Choppers: Ball behind the back, dumbbell straight out, pulling down straight to one side.; “Wood Choppers = SB behind back, DB straight out, [?] pull down (straight to a side)”; One word is unreadable in the notes — “slight / straight / right pull down”. It doesn't change the movement, so it is left out.

Concept

Bi-lateral: Both sides. On the Total Gym, both legs.; “− Bi-Lateral = Both”
PROMPassive Range of Motion: The therapist moves the limb; the patient is not working.; “PROM = Passive Range of Motion”
Uni-lateral: One side. On the Total Gym, one leg.; “− Uni-lateral = One leg”

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