Management strategies directed towards simply treating the muscles in pain are insufficient since the muscles are the end point of a large and complex sensorimotor system that is influenced by many biopsychosocial factors, and so a more holistic approach needs to be considered.

Overdiagnosis is one of the most harmful and costly problems in modern healthcare. Musculoskeletal care has been plagued by over-detection, overdiagnosis, and overtreatment of structural anomalies to try to manage patients’ complaints.

Clinicians involved in musculoskeletal care have the opportunity to create behavior change in their patients to reduce the burden of their disorders and to promote self-management strategies. In order to achieve such changes, clinicians need to shift paradigm from a disorder fixer mindset to a health coaching function.