Maybe you should have mentioned that first...

"Doc, I've been having some back pain."

"Can you describe the pain? Sharp? Dull?"

"Sharp. When I move. Hurts a lot."

"And how long has it been going on?"

"Couple of weeks. Pretty intense."

"Have you taken anything for it?"

"Advil. Tylenol. Helps a little bit, but not much."

"And the pain came on all of a sudden?"

"Yeah. Just all of a sudden. Been pretty terrible."

"Did you lift anything heavy?"

"No, nope."

"Strain yourself, like, playing sports, something like that?"

"No, I don't think so."

"So it just started out of the blue-- morning? Evening? Do you remember?"

"Yeah, it was like 6:00 in the evening."

"And you remember that why...?"

"It was right after I was thrown from my motorcycle onto the sidewalk."

"Oh. You probably could have mentioned that first."

"I didn't know if it was relevant."

"Yeah, I think it's relevant."

"Okay. Great."