“TMJ Discomfort” with a Cervical Origin: A Reverse Diagnosis Involving the Great Auricular Nerve This type of patient can easily lead a clinician off track.He arrives with a “diagnosis” already formed — temporomandibular joint disorder (TMJ). But in clinical reality, the diagnosis brought by the patient is often unreliable.The clinician’s job is not to follow […]

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Pain in the Buttock, Problem in the Abdomen: A Counter-Intuitive Diagnosis of Iliacus Strain This case is not complicated, but it is highly instructive. It challenges a common clinical misconception: The location of pain is not equal to the location of the lesion. If you focus only on “buttock pain,” your treatment direction will drift […]

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