Monday, October 31, 2011

Sports Medicine Said to Overuse M.R.I.’s

Here is a very good article on overuse of MRI’s, which I would agree with the orthopedist are grossly overused. I order them much less frequently than in the past. I would also agree that they lead to much unnecessary surgery and other dangerous medical treatments.
They also describe a new study in which people with asymptomatic shoulders had many abnormalities on MRI. This is the latest of a number of studies that have shown similar findings in asymptomatic areas of the body.

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