disintragrated disk c3-5

[anniehall]

I have a new client that's primary goal is to lose fat and tone up. She is going to both a chiroprator and massage therapist for what she said was a 'disintragrated disk c 3-5. I'm wondering if I also spend some time strengthing that area (shrugs etc) is that will help. also what kind of stretching of the neck should I avoid or look into with her? Or should I just live all the work to the chiro and rmt and focus on weight losss?

[bryanc]

I'm wondering what your client means by "disintragrated". I'm also wondering why you're wondering if you should spend some time strengthening her traps or what kind of stretching she should be doing for her neck if you don't know what she means by "disintragrated". I think these issues have come up before, anniehall, and I agree with Bill's assessment, and will add to the repeated comments you have gotten, in perhaps a more dramatic fashion:

You WILL eventually hurt someone if you don't understand why you are prescribing the exercise/stretch/training you are prescribing. It's great that you have the drive and motivation to be a great personal trainer, but you lack the experience and knowledge to be one. I'm not trying to discourage you from asking questions on this forum, but it seems that each time that you do ask one, you seem to be in way over your head. I don't know what kind of educational/training experience you have, but there appear to be significant gaps in your knowledge that currently impede your development as a personal trainer. You sound very genuine and caring for your clients--which is great, because that is often something that can't really be taught, but you really need supplemental education (whether formal or informal) to compliment these strengths so that you can do the best job for your clients, as opposed to doing them a disservice.

That's just my opinion though.

[anniehall]

I am a new trainer so there is still a lot to learn. I admit that. Most of my clients come with a primary goal of losing weight. My training technique is to know everything about them in the initial consultaion because as we all know, one must change their lifestyle to keep the weight off.
With obese clients also comes injuries and ailments that come with obesity. While my primary goal is to get them doing cardio, I also spend time doing resistance work.
My question was what does it mean to have a disintragrated disk? When I have an idea I can know what to stay away from. There's a lot of things I don't know and many pt's don't know but maybe if I understand more then I can know more.

[bryanc]

Do you mean disintegrated disc? Or disintragrqated? Either way, I think it's important to figure out exactly what your client is talking about, because I'm not sure SHE knows...mostly because there are varying definitions of many terms.

[russ]

My guess, and it's only a guess, is that the client means 'degenerated disc'. I would also gather that she is trying to say that she has degenerated discs at C3-4 and C4-5. It is difficult to say how important this problem is, in that I don't know what set of symptoms she may (or may not) be experiencing as a result of degenerative disc disease (DDD). The clinical relevance of DDD is highly variable.