Moving and stopping moving different body parts.

Hi,

"They must try moving and stopping moving different body parts."

Doesn't the excess of gerunds sound too weird? Yes, it sounds awkward.

Is it possible in cases like this to avoid one of them? Like for example:

"They must try moving and stop moving different body parts." Still sounds awkward.



Maybe "They must try mo

Well, in fact I should have commented a bit more on the context. The text is about working on stimulation therapies for people with severe disabilities. So yes, the sentence is addressed to therapists who "should try moving and stopping moving body parts (which are not theirs)"

So, I see no way out here. Do you? It's very difficult to convey this meaning without sounding very weird.

Hi,

How about 'They must try to move and then to stop different parts of the body'?



Do you need to say 'try'?

How about

'They must move and then stop different parts of the patient's body'?



It seems more natural to me to speak of how the part should be stopped. eg slowly? carefully? abruptly?

How about removing the 'then'?
They must try to move and stop different parts of the body.

No, I can't really omit "try", it's necessary.

And unfortunately I can't use the word "patient" because the therapists don't like it. I think I'm going to go for "user" or "subject", or even "individual". What do you think?

And I completely agree with the oddness of "body parts". As they refer to limbs, how about using limbs?

That would be: "They must move and then

zafar142003How about removing the 'then'?
They must try to move and stop different parts of the body.

No, I don't think it is "then" that can make the difference. There must be a way round, but I just keep missing it.

What about:

"They must try to move different parts of the body and then stop the movement"

Did it get any better?

I think Clive makes a good point - how should they stop it? Obviously, for example, if I'm lifting someone's arm, I must stop when I get the top of the range of motion, right? If you say "stop the movement" it sounds like now it's moving on its own.

They must try to manipulate various parts of their clients' [is "clients" better than "patients"?] bodies.

Tell us more about the "

Well I think the stopping part is important. This is a therapy to make people with disabilities more conscious of their bodies. And in the exercise I'm trying to describe, the carer has to move different parts of the client's body (yes I like client). But those movements must be, at intervals, suddenly interrupted, and after some seconds of immobility, the carer must continue moving either the sa

Oh, I think you said it well there!

Manipulate the parts of the body, interrupting and then resuming the motion after an interval of immobility.