My name is Megane Gagnon. I study at the college ahuntsic since 2023 for my first year my program was nuclear medicine. However I didn’t liked it so I choose to change for natural sciences. For the futurs student in physiotherapy that didn’t know what they wanted to do in their college years.
Breathing technique
Phrase
Simply breathe in through your nose and breathe out at least twice as long through your mouth, with pursed lips.
Example: We opened with a meditation, a breathing exercise, there were positive affirmations to be made, hand on heart.
en: Technique de respiration
Cervical collar
Noun
Is a medical device used to support and immobilize a person’s neck.
Example: This cervical collar holds my neck straight and it also holds my head in position relative to my neck.
en: Collet cervicale
Compression bandages
Noun
Compressive dressing by putting a compress or a handkerchief on the laceration, and by maintaining it with a bandage or […] a scarf.
Example: Compression bandages are usually changer when ulcer dressing are changed.
en: Bandages compressif
Congenital
Adjective
A congenital disease or condition exists at or from birth.
Example: Congenital diseases are not necessarily hereditary.
en: Congénitale
Elastic band exercises
Phrase
A resistance band is an elastic band used for strength training.
Example: My physiotherapist give me elastic band exercises for my knees.
en: Exercices avec bande élastique
Headache
Noun
A continuous pain in the head.
Example: I’ve got a splitting headache.
en: Céphalée
Intervertebral discs
Noun
A small piece of cartilage between the bones in your spine.
Example: The anterior ligaments of the intervertebral disc are extremely sensitive, and even the slightest injury can cause significant pain.
en: disque intervertébral
Ligament
Noun
Any of the strong fibres in the body that connect bones together, limiting movements in joints and supporting muscles and other tissue.
Example: She tore a ligament in her knee while she was playing basketball.
en: Ligament
Medical cast
Noun
Holds a broken bone in place and prevents the area around it from moving as it heals.
Example: The physiotherapist gives me exercises for my rehabilitation when I had a cast.
en: Plâtre
Muscle
Noun
A band or bundle of fibrous tissue in a human or animal body that has the ability to contract, producing movement in or maintaining the position of parts of the body.
Example: He pulled a muscle playing tennis.
en: Muscles
Nervous system
Noun
Is the highly complex part of an animal that coordinates its action and sensory information by transmitting signals to and from different parts of its body.
Example: Breathing in through the nose and out through the nose helps calm the nervous system before bed.
en: Système nerveux
Rehabilitation
Noun
The action of restoring someone to health or normal life through training and therapy after imprisonment, addiction, or illness.
Example: It took me months of rehabilitation to get it back.
en: Réadaptation
Splint
Noun
A strip of rigid material used for supporting and immobilizing a broken bone when it has been set.
Example: His leg was in a splint.
en: Atelle
Walking boot
Noun
A variety of orthopedic boots are used for the treatment of injuries of the foot or ankle.
Example: When I broke my ankle, the doctor told me to wear a walking boot.
en: Botte de marche
Weight exercises
Adjective
Is exercise designed to improve physical strength.
Example: I try to go four times a week for an hour each time, and mix weight exercises with cardio.
