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by bleair 3258 days ago
There's a lot doctors just don't know.

You should always be your own advocate, and you should always consider the treatment plan suggested by your doctor and ask questions. Note, please understand I _not_ telling you to be a dick. Doctors have a tough time of it and are expected to give "solutions" that make the patient happy. However, I say prescribed treatments should have an expected range of observable effect(s). Also treatments almost always have additional side effects. Ask about both of these.

Others have already said, but doctors can and do get things wrong.

I broke a collar bone. In the course of recovery I've seen three different physical therapists and while their suggestions overlapped some, there was a wide range of recommended exercises and stretches. One of them was great and super effective, one was meh, and one was down right useless.