Not all pain comes from muscles. The type, timing, and pattern of pain often point to nerve, joint, inflammatory, or visceral causes. Understanding pain characteristics helps in early diagnosis, correct referral, and better treatment outcomes. 📌 Save this for clinical reference 🔁 Share with students & clinicians 🔍 Key Reminder Muscle pain ≠ all pain. Listen to the quality of pain, not just the location. #PainScience #ClinicalReasoning #PhysiotherapyEducation #MusculoskeletalHealth #NeuroPain

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Paul Froomes on Instagram: "Functional diagnoses like IBS, bloating, gut pain, diarrhoea, or slow transit constipation are descriptive labels rather than explanatory diagnoses. We must understand the distinctions to treat you effectively. These diagnostic labels represent medical terminology for pattern recognition rather than causal identification. When practitioners assign these diagnoses, they’re essentially cataloguing your symptom presentation without identifying the underlying mechanism dr