הפיזיותרפיסט בודק את טווח התנועה ואת הגמישות.

הפיזיותרפיסט means the physiotherapist.

It has two parts:

• ה־ = the
• פיזיותרפיסט = physiotherapist

So the whole word is the physiotherapist.

A native English speaker may notice that פיזיותרפיסט is a borrowed/international-style word, so it sounds somewhat similar to physiotherapist.

The prefix ה־ is the Hebrew definite article, meaning the.

So:

• פיזיותרפיסט = a physiotherapist / physiotherapist
• הפיזיותרפיסט = the physiotherapist

In Hebrew, the is attached directly to the noun instead of being a separate word.

בודק means checks, examines, or tests.

Its dictionary form is לבדוק = to check / to examine.

In this sentence, בודק is a present-tense masculine singular form, matching הפיזיותרפיסט.

So:

• הפיזיותרפיסט בודק = the physiotherapist checks/examines

Because the subject, הפיזיותרפיסט, is grammatically masculine singular.

In Hebrew present tense, verbs often agree with the subject in gender and number. So:

• masculine singular: בודק
• feminine singular: בודקת
• masculine plural: בודקים
• feminine plural: בודקות

If the subject were a female physiotherapist, you would usually say:

• הפיזיותרפיסטית בודקת...

את is the Hebrew marker of a definite direct object.

It usually appears before a direct object that is definite, such as a noun with ה־ (the) or something otherwise specific.

Here:

• בודק את טווח התנועה
• ואת הגמישות

Both טווח התנועה and הגמישות are definite, so את is used.

Important: in this sentence, את does not mean you. It is a completely different word/function.

Because the sentence has two direct objects joined by ו־ (and):

• את טווח התנועה
• ואת הגמישות

Repeating את before the second definite object is normal and very common Hebrew style.

So Hebrew is effectively saying:

• checks [the range of motion] and [the flexibility]

with את marking each definite direct object.

Literally, טווח התנועה means something like the range of the movement.

It is the standard Hebrew way to say range of motion.

Breakdown:

• טווח = range
• התנועה = the movement / the motion

Together, this is a construct phrase in Hebrew, where the first noun is linked to the second:

• טווח התנועה = range of motion

This kind of noun chain is very common in Hebrew.

This is because of how Hebrew construct chains work.

In a construct phrase like טווח התנועה:

• the first noun (טווח) usually does not take ה־
• the definiteness is often carried by the second noun (התנועה)

So:

• טווח תנועה = a range of motion
• טווח התנועה = the range of motion

Even though טווח itself does not have ה־, the whole phrase can still be definite because התנועה is definite.

This is a key pattern in Hebrew grammar.

They are two different nouns:

• תנועה = movement / motion
• גמישות = flexibility

So:

• טווח התנועה refers to how far a joint or body part can move
• הגמישות refers to flexibility, how easily something can bend or stretch

In a physical therapy context, these two ideas are related but not identical.

הגמישות has ה־, so it means the flexibility.

Hebrew often uses definiteness in places where English may sound more natural with or without the, especially in medical or technical contexts.

So בודק את הגמישות is a normal way to say checks the flexibility.

A simple pronunciation guide is:

ha-fiz-yo-te-ra-pist bo-dek et tvakh ha-tnu-ah ve-et ha-gmi-shut

A few notes:

• הפיזיותרפיסט = ha-fizyoterapist
• בודק = boDEK
• טווח is a bit tricky; the טו sounds like tva/tu-aḥ depending on accent, but modern Israeli pronunciation is often close to tvakh
• התנועה = ha-tnu-AH
• הגמישות = ha-gmi-SHUT

Stress is usually near the end in:

• פיזיותרפיסט
• התנועה
• הגמישות

Yes. This is a very normal Hebrew sentence structure:

• Subject: הפיזיותרפיסט
• Verb: בודק
• Object(s): את טווח התנועה ואת הגמישות

So the pattern is basically:

The physiotherapist checks the range of motion and the flexibility.

That word order is straightforward and natural in Hebrew.

You would normally change both the noun and the verb:

• הפיזיותרפיסטית בודקת את טווח התנועה ואת הגמישות.

Changes:

• פיזיותרפיסט → פיזיותרפיסטית = female physiotherapist
• בודק → בודקת = feminine singular checks/examines

The rest of the sentence stays the same.

Yes. בודק is flexible depending on context.

Possible translations here include:

• checks
• examines
• tests
• assesses

In a medical or therapy context, examines or assesses may sound especially natural in English, even though the Hebrew verb is still בודק.

Yes. בודק is present tense.

So the sentence means:

• The physiotherapist checks...
• The physiotherapist is checking...

Like in many Hebrew present-tense sentences, the exact English translation depends on context. Hebrew present tense can correspond to both simple present and present progressive in English.