Are you claiming that in all cases, pain can be attributed to some specific and observable physiological cause? Because that is not true at all, as many people with chronic pain can attest.
I have chronic pain that I have been problem solving for years, and succeeding in healing with stem cell treatments. I've had central sensitization and/or chronic pain syndrome (a few other terms are used as well). I'm very familiar with pain and perception of pain.
No, I'm not saying that in all cases pain can be attributed to something observable. There are different causes that can be from an immediate larger injury, to repetitive stress injuries - and likewise not excluding holistic influences, whether it being a source of pressure on nerves in the spine or even a diet that causes high inflammation in the body; different medications can certainly cause people problems too, whether increasing the sensation of pain and/or allowing them to cope until a minor injury becomes worse.
The person commenting above made a general statement that was actually wrong - they made a false assertion, saying that because it can't be objectively found (in the foot) it must mean the doctor doesn't believe it's there - when in fact the doctor simply said it can't be proven: that doesn't state whether the doctor believes the pain is there, nor what action for care would happen or recommend. If there's pain in the foot and nothing shows up on ultrasound, X-Ray (or motion X-ray), MRI - then you'd need to move up the body to see where else pain may be coming from - the spine being a stronger possibility as pain can radiate down. Likewise, as you said, many people with chronic pain can attest to there not perhaps being a physical cause - and we know that emotional pain/stress can manifest into the physical body; and because of plant medicines, higher use of psychedelics and their ability to help people reconnect and process repressed/suppressed emotions, people often report physical pain (arthritic type pain on all their joints, "heart pains", etc) going away often after one or a few Ayahuasca ceremonies, etc.
From my own experience doctors and the medical system have a really terrible understanding of pain, perception of pain. Luckily regenerative medicine (with stem cells et al) is giving options for people in pain to "experiment" - and with great success in many cases, assuming the process/protocol followed is from a research/evidence-based process (e.g. you're not getting treated by someone who only kind of knows what they are doing).
No, I'm not saying that in all cases pain can be attributed to something observable. There are different causes that can be from an immediate larger injury, to repetitive stress injuries - and likewise not excluding holistic influences, whether it being a source of pressure on nerves in the spine or even a diet that causes high inflammation in the body; different medications can certainly cause people problems too, whether increasing the sensation of pain and/or allowing them to cope until a minor injury becomes worse.
The person commenting above made a general statement that was actually wrong - they made a false assertion, saying that because it can't be objectively found (in the foot) it must mean the doctor doesn't believe it's there - when in fact the doctor simply said it can't be proven: that doesn't state whether the doctor believes the pain is there, nor what action for care would happen or recommend. If there's pain in the foot and nothing shows up on ultrasound, X-Ray (or motion X-ray), MRI - then you'd need to move up the body to see where else pain may be coming from - the spine being a stronger possibility as pain can radiate down. Likewise, as you said, many people with chronic pain can attest to there not perhaps being a physical cause - and we know that emotional pain/stress can manifest into the physical body; and because of plant medicines, higher use of psychedelics and their ability to help people reconnect and process repressed/suppressed emotions, people often report physical pain (arthritic type pain on all their joints, "heart pains", etc) going away often after one or a few Ayahuasca ceremonies, etc.
From my own experience doctors and the medical system have a really terrible understanding of pain, perception of pain. Luckily regenerative medicine (with stem cells et al) is giving options for people in pain to "experiment" - and with great success in many cases, assuming the process/protocol followed is from a research/evidence-based process (e.g. you're not getting treated by someone who only kind of knows what they are doing).