I work for a chiropractor and he likes disc.

• Spinal disc or disk? I see it both ways. nm - MT
  • Completely up to the client - but standard is disk
  • you probably need to ask what the account wants on that one. - anon
    • opps - that's if they say...(fingers numb) NM - anon
  • Disc is in CD (read the label). Disk as in body part. nm - If you ask me
  • Back in the day, disk was for eye, disc was for spine, - LA
  • I work for a chiropractor and he likes disc. - nm
  • this is what I was told over the years. - mtme3
  • I don't know what BOS says, but my company says - me
  • Disc or Disk - Old School

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Love them!!!  I had an injury to my jaw and got TMJ also, and the chiro can help that and the neck.  In fact my dentist had me go to the chiro first for an adjustment before I had my night guard measured that I use for grinding. 

But I go to the chiro about once a month now for a good adjustment.  Just sitting in the position we do all day really wears on the body and the neck.  I also have my chiro spray the area with fluoromethane just before the adjustment.  It gives you a buzz for a couple minutes long enough for you to relax and they can do there job even better.

I even was a guinea pig for my chiro when he went to learn how to do manipulations under anesthesia.  That was a great experience too. 

Also my chiro sends me to a massage therapist in between my adjustments just to keep everything loose and moving freely.  And if you can, try a hot stone/rock massage.  Gets to the muscles even deeper for even more of a relaxation during the massage.  We all deserve the massage treatment for the jobs we do.  My attitude is a whole lot better for a longer period time. 

Good luck. 

 I, too, was in a car accident in my 20s with a rollover x6, have/had 2 herniated disks and neck problems. The pain would be so bad, I needed crutches or a cane and could barely get around. I decided to go to a chiropractor instead of being operated on. My first one was a female, 4 feet 11 inches tall,  and still working at age 92. She was great. She didn't use machines at all.

My second one is now in his 70s and he uses a vibrating machine to loosen up the muscles, then cracks my back or neck.

I rarely have pain anymore. When I feel my back going out on me or my neck hurting, I immediately make an appointment, and I'm good as new within a treatment or two. 

Can't beat the price, either.  Go for it. Just find someone who graduated from the Palmer Institute. They're the best.

and he said that new graduates (probably medical school ones also) are being told that Medicare/Medicaid won't pay for claims that aren't EMR genrated by 2014 and as early as 2009.  Thus several new doctors are starting right off the bat with this type of program.

EMR is a fact of life, the touch screen programs are being touted highly for doctors who perform the same type of procedures over and over and several hospitals and large clinics are making the switch.

I woke up this morning and decided to go back to school and finish getting nursing degree.  I don't think it's too far-fetched to be realistically concerned about MT being phased out.

 I have a history of back problems and had a slipped disk in my back, would sometimes get sciatica and definitely would need to walk with a cane, but after a few treatments, I would get fixed up by her. She would only charge $3 !!!!!! (back in the 70s) for treatment and took care of my sinus problems as well! Ah, the good old days.

Now I go to another one and he's just as good but I'm afraid he's going to retire soon. He charges $35. Three treatments and I'm back to normal. I look only for graduates of the Palmer School graduates as they still manipulate mostly without machines. He takes x-rays before working on you to make sure there is nothing really strange with the back.

I'm allergic to most steroids so I can't have injections and that would be my last resort anyway. Forget surgery unless it was a life-threatening situation.

Anyway, I believe most of the stuff they want to do nowadays is just a money rip-off to pad their pockets at the expense of the patient.

so he can ask me questions about homework or other stuff, ask me to make him a snack.. remind me to sign stuff for school, remind me it's time to make dinner, etc etc

sex offending.  

The patient's symptoms were controllable by sex offending (supposed to be fexofenadine).  The doctor prescribed over-the-counter sex offending (fexofenadine). 

Thanks

I don't know who wrote this, but I found it online long ago.  Since I was told I was spelling "disc" wrong by other MTs (never by a doctor), I decided to research this matter and found this at http://www.stedmans.com/MTFeaturePrint.cfm/1324.

disc vs disk

 a 4-letter word

To what extent should one research the spelling of a word when there is more than one way to spell it? I suppose the answer would depend on a number of things, not the least of which is how much time one has to invest in word research. Productivity and therefore one’s pay suffers when ears, hands, and feet leave their transcription mode for any period of time.

If the word in question is a mere 4-letter word, it seems reasonable to believe that any one of respected resources would provide an appropriate spelling, so why bother with much research. Let’s face it, four-letter-word vocabularies are usually subject to more creative spellings than misspellings. However, because I was working on a special project, I decided to put to rest, once and for all time, the correct spelling of disc/disk as used in surgical dictation for a lumbar discectomy/diskectomy. Four hours and several resources later, I was sure I had my answer.

Au contraire.

I began my search in Stedman’s Medical 27^th Edition. It is after all my medical dictionary of choice. Clearly the preference for disc/disk when referring to the spine is “disc.” I disagreed. My preferred spelling was “disk” for all things spinal, so I checked the AMA Manual Style. To my delight, they agreed with me. In fact, it clearly states that one should use “disc” for ophthalmologic terms and “disk” for the remainder of the anatomy.

Dr. Dirckx, noted medical language expert, explained disc/disk it in an article that appears in the January 2002 issue of JAAMT. His article begins, “As you have no doubt discovered, reference works show a striking lack of consistency in the spelling of this term.” Amen to that!

I almost always use Vera Pyle’s book for confirmation, she being the all-time guru and grande dame of medical vocabulary. I couldn’t believe my eyes. She directs that one use “disk” when transcribing ophthalmologic dictation and “disc” for the remainder of the anatomy.

All right, the gloves came off. Next stop, the revered AAMT Book of Style. “We recommend the spelling disk for all anatomic and surgical references …” I was satisfied and feeling pretty smug, so I declared the victory to a member of Stedman’s staff and suggested that the Stedman’s Dictionary team look into changing “disc” preference to “disk” in their new edition.

It is a good feeling to be right, and I was feeling real good. That is, until the S27 research team took my suggestion and consulted the world experts in medical terminology. Who are they? “They” are the Federative International Committee on Anatomical Terminology, and “they” are the final word. Chairman Ian Whitmore states that Latin is the basis for the world's official terminology as found in Terminologia Anatomica (TA). Want to know more about TA? It is explained in S27 and makes interesting reading.

And just what do the world experts say about disk/disc? Disc is in for all things medical; disk is out. Why? Because Latin terms have official status and, though the origin of the word is from the Greek term “diskos, the Latin derivation is “discus.”

So, my fellow word junkies, if you have always used “disk” as your preferred spelling in all things anatomical, today is the day to change because “disc” is correct in the eyes of the world.

NM