To scan or not to scan, that is the question?
Despite what you may think, Doctors and Allied Health Professionals are not superheroes. We do not possess X-ray vision, nor can we read minds and figure out what is going on underneath the skin without proper assessment. Assessment includes what you tell us about your injury or condition and the assessment of physical movements that stimulate your symptoms. From this we develop theories of potential causes influencing your injury or condition. In some cases, we would send you for a scan to assess your internal structures to confirm or deny our theories.