Fizjoterapeuta sprawdza zakres ruchu.

In Polish, fizjoterapeuta is a masculine noun, even though it ends in -a.

This happens with a small group of masculine nouns, especially:

• some job titles
• some names for people

So:

• ten fizjoterapeuta = this physiotherapist (masculine)
• dobry fizjoterapeuta = a good physiotherapist

Even though the ending looks similar to many feminine nouns, its grammar is masculine.

A woman can also sometimes be referred to as fizjoterapeuta, depending on context, though you may also hear feminine forms in modern usage.

Sprawdza is the 3rd person singular present tense form of the verb sprawdzać, which means:

• to check
• to examine
• to verify

So:

• ja sprawdzam = I check
• ty sprawdzasz = you check
• on/ona sprawdza = he/she checks

In this sentence, fizjoterapeuta sprawdza means:

• the physiotherapist checks or, depending on context,
• the physiotherapist is checking

Polish does not use articles like English a/an/the.

So fizjoterapeuta can mean:

• a physiotherapist
• the physiotherapist

And zakres ruchu can mean:

• a range of motion
• the range of motion

Which one is intended depends on context.

That is completely normal in Polish.

Because zakres often takes another noun in the genitive case to show range of what.

So:

• zakres = range
• ruchu = of movement / of motion

Together:

• zakres ruchu = range of motion

This is a very common Polish structure:

• początek dnia = beginning of the day
• koniec filmu = end of the film
• numer telefonu = phone number

So ruchu is not random—it is there because Polish expresses of motion with the genitive.

Ruchu is the genitive singular form of ruch.

Dictionary form:

• ruch = movement, motion

Genitive singular:

• ruchu = of movement / of motion

In this sentence, it depends on zakres:

• zakres ruchu = range of motion

So the case pattern is:

• zakres + genitive

As a whole, zakres ruchu is in the accusative, because it is the direct object of sprawdza.

The verb sprawdzać usually takes a direct object:

• sprawdza dokument = checks the document
• sprawdza wyniki = checks the results
• sprawdza zakres ruchu = checks the range of motion

A useful detail:

• zakres is an inanimate masculine noun
• for many inanimate masculine nouns, accusative singular = nominative singular

So zakres looks the same in nominative and accusative.

Inside that object phrase, however, ruchu is still genitive:

• [zakres] = accusative singular
• [ruchu] = genitive singular

It can mean either, depending on context.

Polish present tense often covers both:

• he checks
• he is checking

So Fizjoterapeuta sprawdza zakres ruchu could mean:

• The physiotherapist checks the range of motion
  or
• The physiotherapist is checking the range of motion

If you want to know which one is intended, you usually look at the wider situation, not just the verb form.

Because Polish often drops subject pronouns when they are not needed.

The verb ending already tells you the person and number:

• sprawdzam = I check
• sprawdzasz = you check
• sprawdza = he/she/it checks

Since the subject is already named as fizjoterapeuta, adding on would usually be unnecessary.

So Polish prefers:

• Fizjoterapeuta sprawdza zakres ruchu.

rather than:

• On sprawdza zakres ruchu.

unless you want special emphasis.

Yes. Polish word order is more flexible than English because cases and verb endings show grammatical roles.

The neutral order here is:

• Fizjoterapeuta sprawdza zakres ruchu.

But you could also hear:

• Zakres ruchu sprawdza fizjoterapeuta.
• Sprawdza fizjoterapeuta zakres ruchu.
  though this one is less neutral

Changing the order usually changes emphasis, not the basic meaning.

For example:

• Fizjoterapeuta sprawdza zakres ruchu. = neutral statement
• Zakres ruchu sprawdza fizjoterapeuta. = emphasis on range of motion

A rough pronunciation guide:

• Fizjoterapeuta ≈ feez-yo-teh-ra-PEH-oo-ta
• sprawdza ≈ SPRAV-dza
• zakres ≈ ZA-kres
• ruchu ≈ ROO-hoo

A few useful sound notes:

• rz usually sounds like the zh in measure
• sz sounds like sh
• ch sounds like a rough h
• stress in Polish is usually on the second-to-last syllable

So the sentence stress pattern is roughly:

• fizjoteraPEUta
• SPRAWdza
• ZAkres
• RUchu

Sprawdzać is imperfective.

That matters because imperfective verbs are commonly used for:

• ongoing actions
• repeated actions
• general statements

So this sentence can describe:

• what the physiotherapist is doing right now
• what a physiotherapist typically does during an examination

The perfective partner is usually sprawdzić, which refers more to completing the checking:

• sprawdzi = will check / checks completely in the future sense
• sprawdził = checked, finished checking

Here, sprawdza is the natural choice for a neutral present-tense statement.

Literally, yes, it is something like range of movement/motion.

But in medical or physiotherapy contexts, the normal English expression is:

• range of motion

So even though Polish ruch is broadly movement/motion, the best natural translation here is usually:

• The physiotherapist checks the range of motion.

That is the standard phrase learners should remember.