Phantom boo boos

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Hey everyone! How do you handle phantom boo boos? You know, the ones where the student comes with some random pain that just started right now while sitting in class/walking down the hall/getting ready to do something they hate (math or PE, anyone?)...it's usually something like "I was just sitting in class and then it hurt right here" and the student points to a specific spot like this spot on their elbow, or forearm, or thigh, etc. No injury at all. Just a random pain. I get so many of these and I will not give ice for them because there was no injury and I feel like that will just encourage the behavior to continue any time the student wants to get out of class or wants a bag of ice just for fun. I've started looking at the kids like *seriously...* and telling them to walk it off :sarcastic:. I honestly just don't know what to do about it or if I'm handling it the wrong way. It's the not the same kids doing it, btw. I'd call mom if that happened multiple times with the same kid.

Specializes in LTC, Rehab.

As Dave Barry (famous humorist) would say, 'that would be an excellent name for a rock band' ('The Phantom Boo-Boos').

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