When a Standard Spine MRI Won’t Cut It

Low back pain, already the leading cause of disability globally, is predicted to rise 36.4% by 2050.¹ Which means the number of times a surgeon asks—Where’s the pain coming from?—will also rise 36.4%. Unfortunately, the ability to accurately answer that question has traditionally been something of a dark art—even with a standard MRI scan. An apparently healthy spine disc on an MRI could be, in fact, the pain generator.