Is pain a completely accurate indicator of the condition of physical injuries?

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Whenever breaking a bone or spraining something or things of that nature, PTs and orthopedists always say “if it doesn’t hurt it’s fine.”

What would be scenarios where pain (or lack thereof) DOESN’T properly let you know if something is fully healed or injured or not?

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If a burn is deep enough it’ll destroy the sensory nerves, so you won’t feel pain. That’s when first responders and doctors get scarred!

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