Medical Imaging can be really misleading. What if the normal abnormality you see on your MRI isn’t actually the cause of your pain.

**This information is not a substitute for medical advice; always consult with a healthcare professional for personalized guidance related to your health.

More and more research is showing that we all have normal abnormalities such as:

disk signal loss (ie, desiccated disk),

disk height loss,

disk bulge,

disk protrusion,

annular fissures,

facet degeneration,

and spondylolisthesis,

and even abnormalities in the knees, hips and pelvic area don’t have to cause pain.

The studies I quote today are cited below:

Systematic Literature Review of Imaging Features of Spinal Degeneration in Asymptomatic Populations:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4464797/#:~:text=Age%2DSpecific%20Prevalence%20Rates%20among%20Asymptomatic%20Individuals&text=Disk%20degeneration%20prevalence%20ranged%20from,the%20prevalence%20through%2050%20years.

Incidental Findings: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4955074/pdf/0620541.pdf

Back Pain https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejm19940714331020

Osteoarthritis Study: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22932918/

VOMIT Poster:

https://www.helixperformance.ca/blog-content/2019/10/10/understanding-imaging-results

Hockey Players (asymptomatic) with Hip/Pelvic Imaging 

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21233405/

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