I know western doc very fond of giving painkillers but usually if problem persist, they may refer to specialist who can give a more proper diagnosis. Cos sometimes, they just want to give it time to see if the problem can be solved by itself. But somehow, chinese sinsehs often do not know the actual problem.
Just to tell u a story. My hubby's uncle had a fall before. His ankle hurt so he went to sinseh to tui. The sinseh did his job and his uncle fainted from the pain in the process. In the end, it turned out that it was not a sprain but a bone fracture. In the end, he had to go to A&E, got scolded by the docs that cos the sinseh made the problem worse!