11/01/2022
Happy Halloween 🎃 👻!!!
Medical imaging reports can be really scary, but they don’t have to be!
Unfortunately, people are often given the results from medical imaging via written reports that use big medical jargon terms, and without practical explanations to what those terms mean.
MRI reports often include findings of “Disc Degeneration”, “Disc Herniations”, “Annular Fissure”, and “Spondylolithesis!” While all of those are accurate terms describing anatomical changes, they do not always correlate with an individual’s symptoms. People often have some, or all, of these findings on an imaging report, BUT they have NO symptoms. And on the other hand, a person can have a “clean” imaging report and still have significant pain symptoms.
Ultimately, it is important to use medical imaging as data point and piece of the overall puzzle when evaluating an individual’s pain experience.
Check out these slides to learn more about MRI findings from an awesome study by Brinjikji et al.
If you have any questions about an imaging report that you don’t understand, or anything else that is holding you back physically check out our website to schedule an evaluation!
