MRI Scan of Lower Back pain can make you worse!

MRI scans performed on the lower back when someone is in acute pain can actually make things worse!

Lower back pain can be scary for people and often patients with lower back pain assume that the best thing to do when in severe acute pain is to have an MRI scan to check whats going on.

In this video I talk about when you need to have an MRI scan on your back in cases like CES (Cauda equina syndrome) : https://www.dgft.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Back-pain-and-cauda-equina-warning-signs.pdf

I then go on to talk about when you do not need to have an MRI scan. In fact some studies show that if you have an early MRI scan in the absence of red flags of sinister pathology, you actually have a worse outcome if you have an early scan vs those who do not have a scan.

I discuss the reason for why the studies show these unusual findings and whether you should have an MRI scan or not.

Hopefully it will help you make a decision on whether to have an MRI scan or not and when you should be worried and when you should focus on rehabilitation and your recovery of your back pain.

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