Muscle and Joint Pain : Information for a diagnosis.

In order to speed up your office visit and as such your diagnosis and treatment, it is helpful if you know what kind of information you will be asked to present. Everyone has had the experience of going to a mechanic and complaining about some noise only to fail to duplicate the complaint when asked to do so. This same lack of direction can hinder a provider from obtaining a diagnosis when you answer with a bunch of " sort ofs" and " I can't remembers"

If you have previous records or xrays cart them along to the doctor. Even MRI reports from four years ago may often be helpful to determine if your pain is a result of something chronic or a recent development.

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:Take your own history

The colored boxes to the right are the questions you will be asked. These are more imnportant than any MRi or lab test!

Write these findings down so that if you do visit a provider you will have all of the answers before they ask ( this is a suprising and delightful event for us!)

The true source of most back, leg, hip, knee, glute, foot and ankle pain

This is a detailed look at why you hurt click here

Look don't insult the doctor. We know many of the answers before you even tell us. We can tell if you smoke, exercise or generally take poor care of yourself. We aren't judging you, we just want to find out what is going on in that body. If you think hard when we ask how much water you drink it isn't enough. Don't start talking about the gym or walking when it is clear you don't do much of either. Be honest and open and the results will be easier to achieve.

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