w/c dr. doing more harm than good

[hardworker]

After talking to other coworks I am finding out that the work comp dr. that i had seen and underdiagnoised my siuation. That a coworker seen the same w/c dr. and had his lower back hyrnated and was sent to theapry and my friend told him that he was still in pain and when he went to thearpy they blew out other disk in his back. He is on disablity and to my knowledge still has not settle with w/c. His injury happened in feb. Was just wanting to know if there is anything we can do to get this incompentant dr. out of practice?

[hurt at work]

you might be able too but you will need some good proof that he did you real harm and a good lawyer as well.you could try reporting the doc to the hospital or state board.sounds like a long shot.hurt

[Cycler]

A literature search does not show a link between therapy and new disc herniations or even substantial worsening of existing for that matter. There is also no correlation between imaging studies such as MRI and patients complaints in most instances. That means the correct diagnoses is not what it may seem.

[1171]

anyone can file a complaint with the county medical board.

[Bad Boy Bad Boy]

You haven't stated anything, that shows the Doctor at any fault.

Co-workers injury Vs. someone elses injury is never the same.

Therapy causing a possible other problem, has nothing to do with the Doctor, as Therapy is the first choice of most to many treatments. If it was going to happen, it will happen, our bodies have no control over it.

Also, we would need to know the State this is in, to direct you to better information you may seek.

[hardworker]

Bad Boy Bad Boy Wrote:You haven't stated anything, that shows the Doctor at any fault.

Co-workers injury Vs. someone elses injury is never the same.

Therapy causing a possible other problem, has nothing to do with the Doctor, as Therapy is the first choice of most to many treatments. If it was going to happen, it will happen, our bodies have no control over it.

Also, we would need to know the State this is in, to direct you to better information you may seek.

I am in MO. I tried to look the dr. up to see if he had any other complaints against him but all i could find is where he went to school and what he studied. I know that in my case when I went to the specialist after seeing the work comp dr. the specialist stated that I was way underdiagnoised....Not sure if specialist was trying to keep from saying misdiagnoised. I really appreciate everyones feedback.

[Cycler]

According to the peer reviewed Spine literature as much as 85 % of all back pain cases cannot be specifically diagnosed other than to say mechanical or motion segment pain. This is in sharp contrast to the popular press reports that for every type of Dr. one consults a patient will get a very "firm" diagnosis yet a different "firm diagnosis every time.

The published facts are that back pain is a universal experience of a all humans at some time in their life and that it is a self limited condition in most instances and that more testing, more treatment, more medication, more Drs and more money spent will not and has not changed the fact. So I question this whole notion of being "under-diagnosed" rather than the medicalization of a common life experience.

[Still in Limbo]

Cycler, I May be Reading Your Reply Incorrectly, but are You Assuming that All Back Injuries are a Part of Normal Life? My Injury was Never argued by My Employer as happening at Work, and when an MRI was Performed, I Had 4 Discs Totally Dried Out and Bulged, and I felt just the Normal Stiff Back, but My L/5, S/1 Area was Severely Damaged with the Injury. I did not Add the 4 Bulges to My Case, as I Worked Hard and Played Harder, and I Agree 100% that those were DDD and an Over-Worked Back! But My Actual Injury was so Severe that My Disc Pulpus was pushed through My Disc with such Velocity that it filled the Foranim, and Crushed My S1 Nerve Root. A Microdiscectomy was Performed, and Scar Tissue filled up the Entire Area, and Wrapped around the Crushed Nerve Root, before it could Heal. As I said from the Beginning I May have Read Your Reply Wrong, but each and every Injury is Different, and has to be Handled Accordingly.

[Cycler]

Trauma does cause further damage to degenerated discs. By definition all herniated discs in adults are from an already degenerated disc. Trauma, real trauma, is responsible for only a small percentage of work related low back claims. Your injury would then put you in the less than 15 % category of well defined cause.

I'm curious then if you had then tried an adhesiolysis procedure for the scar tissue ?

[Still in Limbo]

To Answer Your Question Cycler, I went to 9 (Both Ortho. and Neuro.) Surgeons to try and Have Re- Surgery to Relieve and Remove the Scar Tissue, and None of them would even Attempt the Surgery. If they Make One Small Mistake, they will either Nick or Sever My Nerve Root, and the Loss of My Leg would be Very Possible. I have been Seen by the Main Surgeons at UPMC, which is a Teaching Hospital with One of the Best Neurology Depts. on the East Coast, and My Initial Interview was with the Head of this Dept. I was also Seen by the Re-Surgery specialist for the Pittsburgh Steelers, and it only took Him Less than One Minute to have His Transcriptionist Start His Letter of Denial of Surgery. The Surgery You Posted seems to be a Procedure for the Stomach, and Pelvic and Uterus Areas for Women. It's also Well Documented that Scar Tissue at Times can and does Come Back Twice as Strong after the Initial Tissue is Removed, and with so little of an Area for the Surgeons to Work in, None will take the Chance. I also Have Retrolethesis now, and My PM Dr. has Stated that there is to be No Surgery Unless a Life and Death Situation. I Fought w/c and the i/c for 2 Years, and 10 Hearings, and My Dr. and the Dr.'s who have Examined Me have been Proven More Credible than the IME Dr., so I am going to Follow Their Lead, Believe Me I wanted Nothing More than to be Better and Back at Work. The Procedure You Mentioned may have Worked if there was more Room, and Thank You for Mentioning it to Me. It's been almost 4 Years Now, and My Condition has Slowly Deteriorated, but I have Learned to Adjust as Time Goes By. Thanks Again for the Suggestion, and Have a Great Day!!