Re:Online activists are silencing us, scientists say
by pjc50 on Wednesday March 13, 2019 @11:14AM
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In practical terms, "physical mechanism" means something a GP can see or test for, rather than relying on asking the patient whether it hurts.
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Re:Online activists are silencing us, scientists say
by ryukafalz on Wednesday March 13, 2019 @11:34AM
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That’s an ever-changing category, though, as medical technology improves. Bone fractures would have been more difficult to observe directly before the invention of x-ray machines, but that doesn’t change the underlying physical condition.
Re:Online activists are silencing us, scientists say
by mcv on Wednesday March 13, 2019 @11:30AM
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GPs aren't always sufficiently specialised to do a detailed diagnosis, but in my experience, a good physical therapist should be able to find the problem. (They have in my case, whereas the GP just asked some vague questions and decided it's probably some form of RSI.)