Acronyms?? They confuse me

[slipknotmaggot]

So many folks use acronyms, and I get some of them, use some of them. but some of them t102

Here is a partial list of what I don't understand:

HX
TX


I understand:

SCM
RX (why do a lot of folks type in "script" when we have RX?
MFR
ROM
DOA
TIA


Add some others if you have them so that I can be less confused in the future.
Thanks!

 

[I love him <3]

Acronyms?? They confuse me

Here is a partial list of what I don't understand:

HX
TX

Not sure if you are wondering what these two mean. If that's the question -

HX = history
TX = treatment

At least from where I come from.

Hope that helps.

 

[MarMar]

That is exactly the point of this thread, thank you. Add more if you've got them.

 

[Mnotic1976@yahoo.com]

L= left
R= right
HA= headache
MVA= motor vehicle accident
nk= neck
cl= client
adh= adhesion
sp= spasm
mm= muscle

I think those are the ones that I use most often. t024

 

[Nirvana on a Green Day]

GOK = God Only Knows
Dx = diagnosis
Px = Prognosis
Remex = Remedial Exercise
P = pain
TP = triggerpoint
rel = release
FG = Fascial Glide
HT = Hypertonicity
HA = Headache
Sx = surgery
Tx = treatment
OBR = Occipital Base Release
ROM = Range of Motion
WNL = Within Normal Limits (or We Never Looked)
Trax = traction
L/S = Lumbar spine (and so on for C/S and T/S)
BL = bilateral
PRN = As needed
AA = As Above
SSMM FB = Full Body Soothing Swedish Massage Manipulations
ic = Informed Consent Obtained
RO = Referred out
RS = Rescheduled
S&S = Signs and Symptoms
MTET = (as in a Tx Plan) Massage Till End of Time
GAF factor = Give a F factor (e.g. the PT--patient--prefers not to do their Remex when their GAF is low)

 

[A$!A]

All I can come up with for DOA is Dead On Arrival. :? Is it just too early in the morning?

What is YMMV? (Is that how that one goes?)

Thanks, I like this thread!

 

[Tim J]

YMMV = Your Mileage May Vary

My least favorite:

NS = No Show

 

[rOcKerO83]

Well it's not massage-specific, but here's one just for you Mick,

LYMI - Love Ya, Mean It!

 

[Vampy]

FYI your SOL

 

[bbshady]

FYI your SOL

aha I know those. Nice try though.

thanks BJB

Lots of acronyms out there...and you are right, DOA is dead on arrival.

 

[shealynn r]

Here is one from a thread that I read this morning.

MET what does it mean and what is it??

GLBT I think I know what part of this means, but not sure...

 

[Sabeena]

GLBT= gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered

MET= muscle energy technique
Leon Chaitow is probably the most well-known educator for MET. It is very similar to facilitated stretching, reciprocal inhibition, contract/relax stretching, etc.

 

[Slim]

My right ES is really tight too.

Here's one that I read this morning, too. Maybe I'm sleep deprived, but I can't figger it out.

 

[Snowy]

I'm guess ES is erector Spinae

 

[DorienG]

TP = triggerpoint
Sx = surgery

TP can also mean transverse processes (of vertebrae) and Sx can also mean symptoms (can also be written Sxs for symptoms).

I've also seen Trigger Point written as TrP.

mm is usually muscles plural, while m. is muscle singular, example: trapezius m.

 

[Ponz]

One early test in school I had to demand a corrected X on a question.
The answer was Hypertension. I knew that and due to habit wrote the letters HTN. That's HTN in my neck of the woods, always has been.
Robyn