A sprained neck and two Doctors

I had a sprained neck which I suspected on the new stretching and core building exercises last week. So I went to the nearby "Asia's Best" hospital with certificates from John Howard Medical Institute - unfortunately the Doctor I wanted to meet was busy with some operation and I met the one that was available. He checks my neck and doesn't ask how it happened or what I was doing etc. and prescribes an x-ray(Rs. 460/=) and declares it a neck sprain by looking at it. And prescribes a pain killer that is not compatible with another medicine I am on - he didn't ask that question nor did he check my file which had that information. So I didn't buy the medicine except the gel. Wasted Rs.810/=. In fact this was the same guy who couldn't diagnose my Computer Related Injury(CRI) earlier.

Being very unsatisfied with this diagnosis I went to a Sports Medicine Specialist, Dr. Rajat Chauhan of Back 2 Fitness which is also organizing the 10K running training that I am part of - he is 13KM away from where I live and hence I didn't go to him first. He spent more than 20 minutes checking my neck and trying to give some massage that could ease the trouble. I was wondering why was he not stopping the analysis and doesn't he have other patient to look at ? Diagnosis before you prescribe stupid! He didn't want to see the X-ray also. But at the end of it, I was feeling better already. He recommended a wheat bag to do some hot or cold massaging - but the bags were a bit expensive, so I thought I could do without it. Rs.500/= for the consultation and a very good experience at it! Worth every paisa!