UK Limey runner wrote:
Possessing knowledge is not the same thing as being able to problem-solve. Problem-solving in my experience, and apparently in many others as well, is not something medical doctors are particularly good at in general.
I'm sure there are good doctors out there. Personally, I've yet to find one. Every last one I have ever met has been on the brink of disappearing up his own arse in a cloud of his own ego.
Abstinence, pills and knives: apparently these are the panaceas.
how the f*ck are you able to even have the most remote guess at how good doctors in general are at problem solving? it's very clear from your post that you are not a doctor, you have no idea how that stuff works. therefore you are not qualified to say anything about it.
btw I'm not a doctor either but a friend of mine is and over the years I've learnt a lot about how complex this profession is. and you mistake that for having a big ego. you idiot.
and yes, if you have an overuse running injury, there will be no magic pill from the doctor that cures it in the fraction of a second like you secretly wish it would.
instead of such wishful thinking, own up to your own mistake and accept that there is no magic solution.
and yes, overall usually there is no point in going to a doctor with most running injuries because that's not what their job is about beyond giving you the general advice of rest etc, which you clearly don't need a doctor for telling you.
yet, when you get told that, you don't want to admit that it's really just that. you just want the magic solution. which doesn't exist.
this is what all the people here complaining about doctors need to get into their head. instead of complaining.