Physiotherapy
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1) Can I say that my physiotherapist ‘roughed me up’ because she had to put a lot of pressure on my back to loosen up the tight muscles? It’s meant in a funny way.
Would you also use ‘put back in shape’ in a different sense than it’s normally used?
For instance:”When I first went to see my physiotherapist, I was in excrutiating pain (I could hardly move my neck) but she put me back in shape.”
2) Can ‘bob and weave’ be used for cars instead of ‘zigzag’?
“I had to bob and weave to dodge the potholes.”
Thank you.
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1) Can I say that my physiotherapist ‘roughed me up’ because she had to put a lot of pressure on my back to loosen up the tight muscles? Not really. I'd say eg she used a lot of pressure on my back.
- 1) Can I say that my physiotherapist ‘roughed me up’ because she had to put a lot of pressure on my back to loosen up the tight muscles?
- Not really.
- I'd say eg she used a lot of pressure on my back.
- It’s meant in a funny way.
- Then your wording would be OK.
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1) Can I say that my physiotherapist ‘roughed me up’ because she had to put a lot of pressure on my back to loosen up the tight muscles? Not really. I'd say eg she used a lot of pressure on my back.
It’s meant in a funny way. Then your wording would be OK.
Would you also use ‘put back in shape’ in a different sense than it’s normally used? In what sense do you thi
01) "Roughed up" is too strongly associated with street violence to be used casually like this. You'd have to say, instead, something like: "My physiotherapist had to be rough with/pound the heck out of me to loosen the tight muscles in my back."
"Put back in shape" is not used in English. Also, if you're in pain, the remedy is not to get back in shape, it's to relieve the pain.
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