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https://www.jospt.org/doi/10.2519/jospt.2025.13405

Sometimes our patients want specifics, sometimes they don't. Being able to give a specific diagnosis without using overly nocebo language can be difficult. This article does a good job of finding the balance. And just remember sometimes the diagnosis is non-specific, but the treatment never is.

What’s in a Name? The Case for Using “Rotator Cuff–Related Shoulder Pain” in Clinical Practice | Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy SYNOPSIS: In the absence of diagnostic accuracy (clinical and imaging), specific shoulder structures cannot be implicated as the definitive source of shoulder symptoms. Patients report that the (1) worst pain is unexplained pain, and (2) to engage in a treatment, the treatment must make sense. The d...

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