Don’t get us wrong, imaging is an amazing, life saving tool in the field of medicine. It without a doubt saves the lives of others on a daily basis.
What we’re talking about is when it’s used to determine what is causing someone’s musculoskeletal pain. Basically, the research is not in favor of imaging actually being useful in these cases. Pain is a complex issue. What we find on imaging does not always correlate to what is actually going on.
We’ve compiled some recent research done on this exact topic. Moral of the story, just because an image shows something, it doesn’t mean that is what’s causing the problem.
