SomaSimple: Abbreviations / Definitions
$0.02
 Throwing in your two cents' worth
24/7
 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
ADL
Activities of Daily Living
AKA
 Also Known As
ASAP
 As Soon As Possible
ATB
 All The Best
ATM
 At The Moment / Automatic Teller Machine
ATTENTION
1.[n] the work of caring for or attending to someone or something; "no medical care was required"; "the old car needed constant attention"
2.[n] a courteous act indicating affection; "she tried to win his heart with her many attentions"
3.[n] a motionless erect stance with arms at the sides and feet together; assumed by military personnel during drill or review; "the troops stood at attention"
4.[n] the faculty or power of mental concentration; "keeping track of all the details requires your complete attention"
5.[n] the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others
6.[n] a general interest that leads people to want to know more; "She was the center of attention"
ATTN
 Attention
AUGMENT
[v] enlarge or increase; "The recent speech of the PLO chairman augmented tensions in the Near East"
[v] grow or intensify; "The pressure augmented"
AWARENESS
1[n] having knowledge of; "he had no awareness of his mistakes"; "his sudden consciousness of the problem he faced"; "their intelligence and general knowingness was impressive"
2[n] state of elementary or undifferentiated consciousness; "the crash intruded on his awareness"
B/C
 BeCause (frequently just "b/c")
B3
 Blah, Blah, Blah
B4
 Before
BTW
 By The Way
CR
Clinical Reasoning
d
do
EBP
Evidence Based Practice
GNARLED
(narled)
adj. (of a tree, hands, etc.) knobbly, twisted, rugged
GNARLY
(narli)
1. adj. gnarled
2. N.American slang; excitingly rough or dangerous
GOK
 God Only Knows
PARASITE
http://www.hyperdictionary.com/search.aspx?define=parasite
1.[n] an animal or plant that lives in or on a host (another animal or plant); the parasite obtains nourishment from the host without benefiting or killing the host
2.[n] a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage
3. a motion process that perturbs, constrains another motion process.
PLACEBO
 treatment with no actual therapeutic content (used as a control in tests or as an apparent drug to satisfy a patient) - from the Latin word placebo meaning 'I shall please'. Placebo was first used from about 1200, in a non-medical sense to mean an act of flattery or servility. The modern medical meaning of an inactive substance - usually a pill - used as a control in drug tests began in the 1950's. The use of placebo to describe a phantom treatment began in the mid-1800's (as a means of satisfying a demanding patient), and since then amazingly the use of a placebos for this purpose has been proven to actually benefit the patient in between 30-60% of cases (for illnesses ranging from arthritis to depression), demonstrating the healing power of a person's own mind, and the power of positive thinking. This 'real' effect of placebos ironically is at odds with the 'phantom' inference now commonly inferred from the word, but not with its original 'I shall please' meaning. A placebo may be empty of active ingredients, but it is certainly not empty of effect. This contrasts with the recently identified and proven 'nocebo' effect (nocebo is Latin for 'I shall harm'): the 'nocebo' term has been used by psychological researchers since the 1960's to help explain the power of negative thinking on health and life expectancy. Placebos help people to feel better and so they get better, whereas the nocebo effect, in which patients continually tell themselves and others how ill they are, actually makes people more ill. The motto (and fact) is: Think well, be well; think sick, be sick.
ROM
 Range Of Motion (Joint Amplitude)
SIJ
 Sacro Iliac Joint
SLR
 Straight Leg Rise. Lower Limb Neural test.
TWEAK
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1.[n] a squeeze with the fingers
2.[v] adjust finely; "fine-tune the engine"
3.[v] pull or pull out sharply; "pluck the flowers off the bush"
4.[v] pinch or squeeze sharply

To manipulate motions in a certain way by exaggerating and/or limiting a movement component. To direct into a specific plane of motion.
u
 you
yo years old
ZOOM IN
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[v] examine closely; focus one's attention on; "He zoomed in on the book"

To focus on a symptomatic area.
ZOOM OUT
To see the body as a whole. To see the rest of the body and its relationship with the symptomatic area.