Therapists are often asked âwhat caused my problem?â and the answer, unfortunately, is not always simple. In the next two articles we will follow the process of dysfunction for two common causes of neck and shoulder pain. There is an interesting moment in the BBC News 24 countdown sequence.
Cis(gender): Adjective that means âidentifies as their sex assigned at birthâ derived from the Latin word meaning âon the same side.â A cisgender/cis person is not transgender. âCisgenderâ does not indicate biology, gender expression, or sexuality/sexual orientation.
There are a number of derivatives of the terms in use, including cis male for male assigned male at birth, cis female for female assigned female at birth, analogously cis man and cis woman, as well as cissexism (or cissexual assumption or cisnormativity).