The X-ray is probably a waste of time, as for the most likely diagnosis here, but it’s a prerequisite, a cursory test to rule out gross pathology. You probably will be set up for a MRI that will show soft tissue injuries, but getting that X-ray, is part of the work-up and approval process that is needed, and rightfully so.

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Posted by mmcgrath

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Posted on 2/9/23 at 6:53 pm to el duderino III

Nah, all you need to do is grab one of those tiny hammers and start tapping on her knee. Report back with a report on her reactions.

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Posted by sqerty

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Posted on 2/9/23 at 7:05 pm to mmcgrath

I am a licensed knee therapist, my van can be at her doorstep in hours.

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Posted by GetmorewithLes

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Posted on 2/9/23 at 7:18 pm to el duderino III

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We’re at urgent care and they want to do X-rays. Is that a waste of money?

Why the heck you at Urgent Care if you dont want xrays???

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Posted by kaleidoscoping

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Posted on 2/9/23 at 7:33 pm to el duderino III

Hope you didnt go to an average hospitol. I had a terrible experience with my knee injury. Hurt it pretty bad dirtbiking. I couldnt walk for a week. Finally went to the local hospital and requested an Mri. They wouldn't do one but they did an X-ray. The X ray didnt show anything. The doc looked at it. Pulled on it and told me if it were a torn acl it would "dislocate" and if anything else were torn that it was most likely just partially and would heal on its own. Told me to come back in a few months. I figured I was just being a puss so I pushed on through the pain for 3 months, at 6 months I stopped limping, 8 months I tried jogging and it got worse again. After a year I went back and requested an mri. They did it the second time, after a cat scan. Come to find out my Acl was complely gone. I had cartilage chipping , compression fracture on my tibia, a partially torn lcl/mcl and my meniscus was completely torn , all the way around. I was pretty P.O'ed at them and at myself for being so stubborn and not getting a second opinion at a specialist.

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Posted by DaBeerz

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Posted on 2/9/23 at 7:36 pm to el duderino III

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In my experience, urgent care docs charge you through the nose for a bunch of shite you don’t need. Are you all claiming this doesn’t happen in healthcare? And that every treatment option recommended should be accepted without a second thought? That’s part of the reason our system is so ludicrously expensive. I’m just asking if this is one of those situations or not. It seems fairly impossible that a bone was broken, and she’s not in an unbearable amount of pain.

Sure you can brace it and go straight to Ortho… 1st thing they will do is an X-ray. If you go to Urgent care 1st, she’ll get 2 x-rays unless you get a cd of the images

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