Originally Posted by
BostonFan9
Wow, I didn’t say you were obligated to do anything. I asked a question. A bit of unnecessary hostility don’t you think? Sorry to ruffle your feathers miss. Surely someone of your intelligence could see the difference. And fibromyalgia is not a specific diagnosis. It is a relatively new diagnosis given when pretty much nothing else can explain the patients pain that often does not stay localized but seems to “travel” to different parts of the body. Sorry you have issue with the word “syndrome” in the diagnosis. But both you and I know we aren’t talking about a collection of diseases that aren’t correlated with each other. The verbiage of the diagnosis name doesn’t change the fact we are talking about abnormal functioning of a specific muscle effecting a specific nerve with an expected array of symptoms. Another thing, in most states PTs aren’t allowed to diagnose, the patients PTs see are referrals from MDs who show up for therapy already diagnosed. I’m not aware of a state where a pt can treat someone who walks into a clinic and get treated without an MD referral. I do know, however, that the “bullshit” diagnosis you have issue with was more than likely given by an MD and not a PT. Does a PT have the authority to change or challenge a diagnosis from an MD? But hell, what do I know, I’m only a neurologist who owns an interventional pain management clinic. I guess I’m also guilty of using the bullshit diagnosis of Piriformis Syndrome.