How an injury happened is more important than what happened

During a recent call with a runner who signed up for a series of phone calls, we were trying to figure out exactly what happened to cause his foot pain. 

 The way that doctors are taught to think goes something like this:  Come up with a particular name called a "diagnosis" and then do a "procedure" that the insurance covers.

 Doctors focus on making sure the diagnosis code matches the insurance requirements so they will send a check.

This process does not serve runners well. Runners need to focus on how they got injured...so they do not do it again. 

 How an injury happened is much more important than what happened. 

 Does that make sense? 

 Well, that's what we're talking about today on the Doc On The Run Podcast.