Abbreviations and Symbols Used for Charting

Symbols or Abbreviations # > @ + < A&P A; pre AAS Abd ,ARD AC Add, ADD Adh AI AMA ANT number Greater than at Positive, plus, present Less than, minus, negative, absent approximately Increase, above Decrease, below change Radiates to female male Anterior and posterior before Active isolated stretching Abduction, (abdomen, abdominal) acromioclavicular adduction Activities of daily life Accidental injury Against medical advise anterior Meaning

Symbols or Abbreviations A/O AROM ASAP BA bid BIL BP BHP BS c/o C17 CAD CC CHD CHF CNT CON COPD CP CPR crep CST CV CVA Alert and oriented Active ROM As soon as possible Back ache Twice a day bilateral Blood pressure

Meaning

Benign prostatic hyperplasia Bowel sounds, breathing sounds Complains of Cervical vertebrae Coronary artery disease Chief complaint Congenital heart disease Congestive heart failure Could not test congested Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Chest pain Cardiopulmonary resuscitation crepitus Craniosacral therapy cardiovascular Cerebrovascular accident

Symbols or Abbreviations D/C DDD DEV DIST DJD DKA DM DOB DOE DOI DP DVT Dx ed EENT Eval ever ext EXT ext. rot. FH FI up FLEX FROM discontinue

Meaning

Degenerative disc disease deviation distal Degenerative joint disease Did not keep Diabetes mellitus Date of birth Dyspnea (shortness of breath) on exertion Date of injury Direct pressure Deep vein thrombosis diagnosis edema Eye, ear, nose and throat evaluate eversion extremity External, extension External rotation Family history Flare up exion Full range of motion

Symbols or Abbreviations FT ft Fx gastroc GERD GI GYN HA HBP HOH HPI hs HT HTR Hx IF IHD IM INF INFLAM INT int. rot. inver IP Fibrous tissue foot fracture gastrocnemius

Meaning

Gastroesophageal reux disease gastrointestinal Gynecologic, gynecological Head ache High blood pressure Hard of hearing History of present illness At bedtime Hypertonus, tension, tight muscles hypertrophy history iliofemoral Ischemic heart disease intramuscular inferior inammation internal Internal rotation inversion iliopsoas

Symbols or Abbreviations IT ITB IV jt KUB kyph L L15 Lat Lats LB LBP LE LEV LLQ LMD LN LOC lord LS LUQ M MAEW mas Ischial tuberosity Iliotibial band intravenous joint

Meaning

Kidneys, ureter, bladder kyphosis left Lumbar vertebrae Lateral, left anterior thigh Latissimus dorsi Low back Low back pain Lower extremities Levator scapula Left lower quadrant (abdomen) Local medical doctor Lymph node Loss of consciousness, level of consciousness lordosis lumbosacral Left upper quadrant (abdomen) murmur Moves all extremities well massage

Symbols or Abbreviations max meds MET MFR MFW MGF MGM MI Min MLD Ms MS MVA N/V NA NKA NMT NT O-< OA Occ OCD OTC P&B maximum

Meaning

Medication or medications Muscle energy technique Myofascial release Myofascial web, continuos fascial plane Maternal grandfather Maternal grandmother Myocardial infarction (heart attack) minimum Manual lymphatic drainage Musculoskeltetal, muscle Multiple sclerosis Motor vehicle accident Nausea and vomiting Non-applicable, not answered No known allergies Neuromuscular therapy Nose and throat recumbent osteoarthritis occasional Obsessive compulsive disorder Over-the-counter Pain and burning

Symbols or Abbreviations P; post palp Pas Ex PE pecs per, / PGF PGM PKD PI PMH PMS Pn PNF POM prn PROM PROX PSNS Pt PT PTSD Px q after palpation Passive exercise Physical examination

Meaning

Pectoralis major and minor Through or by Paternal grandfather Paternal grandmother Polycystic kidney disease Present illness Past medical history Premenstrual syndrome pain Proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation Pain on motion As needed, as necessary Passive range of motion proximal Parasympathetic nervous system patient Physical therapy Post traumatic stress disorder Prognosis, physical examination every

Symbols or Abbreviations qd qh qid QL qod qwk R RA RLQ ROM ROS RSD RSI RUQ Rx S w/o S15 SCM SCS SFLE SFT SI SLE SNS Every day Every hour Four times a day Quadratus lumborum Every other day Once a week right Rheumatoid arthritis

Meaning

Right lower quadrant (abdomen) Range of motion Review of symptoms/systems Reex sympathetic dystrophy Repetitive strain injury Right upper quadrant (abdomen) Prescription, drug, medicine without Sacral vertebrae, sacrum sternocleidomastoid Strain, counterstrain Stress from life experience Soft-tissue mobilization sacroiliac Systemic lupus erythematosus Sympathetic nervous system

Symbols or Abbreviations SOB SOBOE SP spr SQ, SC S&S, S/S stat STI str SUP SwM Sx T112 TeP TFL Ther-x TIA tid TMJ TMJD TOS TP TPR Traps Shortness of breath

Meaning

Shortness of breath on exertion spasm sprain subcutaneous Signs and symptoms immediately Soft tissue injury strain Superior, supination Swedish massage symptoms Thoracic vertebrae Tender point Tensor fascia lata Therapeutic exercise or procedure Transient ischemia attack Three times per day Temporal mandibular joint Temporal mandibular joint dysfunction Thoracic outlet syndrome Trigger point Temperature, pulse, respiration trapezius

Symbols or Abbreviations Tx UE URI UTI VV WNL x y/o Treatment, therapy Upper extremity

Meaning

Upper respiratory infection Urinary tract infection Varicose vein Within normal limits times Years old

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I have purposefully left some blank columns for you to ll in with your own symbols and abbreviations. Animal massage students to go to the following link for additional abbreviations and symbols which are sometimes different than human massage. http://www.vetmed.wsu.edu/glossary/

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