How to Give a Painful Shoulder Exam: Spanish Vocabulary

Explaining the Painful Shoulder Exam in Spanish

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This Medical Spanish lesson focuses on explaining the painful shoulder exam in Spanish to your Spanish speaking patients.

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Vocabulario útil

Anatomía

El brazo  The arm
El dorso de la mano  The back of the hand
El hombro  The shoulder
El húmero  The  humerus
El manguito rotador  The rotator cuff
El músculo  The muscle
El omóplato  The scapula
La articulación / la coyuntura  The joint
La articulación esfera-cavidad  Ball-socket joint
La cintura  The waist
La clavícula  The clavicle
Los ligamentos  The ligaments
Los tendones  The tendons

Signos y síntomas

El chasquido / el “click”  A clicking
El dolor  Pain
La hinchazón  Swelling
El rango de movimiento (limitado)  (Limited) Range of motion
La debilidad  Weakness
La rigidez  Stiffness
El pinzamiento Impingement

Verbos

Desgarrar – Desgarrado  To tear – torn
Dislocarse – Luxarse  Dislocate
Encogerse de los hombros  Shrug your shoulders
Estirar  To stretch
Extender (e – ie)  To extend
Intentar  To try
Levantar  To raise
Resistir  To resist
Romper – roto  To break – broken
Rotar  To rotate

Otro

Así  Like this / Like so
Derecho (a) / Izquierdo (a)  Right / Left
Hacia arriba  Upward
Hacia atrás  Backward
Hacia el lado  / afuera  To the side
La presión  Pressure

Preguntas del examen

¿Cuál es su mano fuerte?Which is your strong hand?
¿Es diestro (a) o zurdo (a)?Are you right-handed or left-handed?
¿El dolor del hombro impide o limita sus actividades normales (en el trabajo, en casa, etc.)? Does the pain in your shoulder limit your normal activities? (at work, at home, etc.)
¿Tiene dolor? (inestabilidad, rigidez, hinchazón, pérdida de rango de movimiento) Do you have pain? (inestability, stiffness, swelling, loss of range of motion)
¿Se bloquea?Is it blocking?
¿Se atrapa?Is it catching?
¿El dolor corre por algún lado? (al cuello, al codo)Does the pain run or shoot in any direction? (to the neck, to the elbow)

Instrucciones del examen

Levante la mano (derecha o izquierda). Raise your (right or left) hand
Bájela detrás de la cabeza para tocar el omóplato (derecho o izquierdo)Lower it behind your head to touch the scapula (right or left)
Y ahora, desde abajo, intente tocar el otro omóplatoAnd now, from below, try to touch the other scapula
Levante los dos brazos adelante con los pulgares para abajoLift both arms forward with thumbs down
Resista mi presión. No me deje bajar las manosResist my pressure. Do not let me lower your hands
Ahora, con los brazos a su lado, y en un ángulo de 90 grados “así”, rote las manos para afuera contra mi presiónNow, with your arms to your side, and at a 90-degree angle “like that,” rotate your hands out against my pressure
Ahora, con el dorso de la mano en la cintura “así”, extienda la mano para atrásNow, with the back of the hand on the waist “like this,” extend the hand backward

Unas imágenes posibles

Rayos equis / RadiografíaX-ray / Radiography
TAC / Tomografía Axial ComputarizadaCAT / Computerized Axial Tomography
IRM / Imágenes por Resonancia MagnéticaMRI / Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Unas frases

Vamos a hacerle ___________ para ver el hombro mejorLet’s make you a ___________ to see the shoulder better
Quisiera pedir _____________ para ver el hombro mejorI would like to order a ________ to see the shoulder better

Diagnosis

Artritis  Arthritis
Hombro del nadador  Swimmer’s Shoulder
Hombro del tenista  Tennis Shoulder
Hombro del boxeador  Boxer’s Shoulder
Manguito rotador del hombro desgarrado  Torn shoulder cuff
Músculo roto  / desgarrado  Torn muscle
Hombro dislocado  / luxado  Dislocated shoulder

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