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MRI Studies Show 60 Percent of People in Fifties Have Disc Degeneration Without Pain
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"If you're in your 50s, you have a 60% chance of having disc degeneration. If you're in the 60s, you have an 80% chance of having disc degeneration. With no pain. So if you have no pain and you get an MRI, you see those findings. If you have pain and you get an MRI, you see the same findings. Why would you assume that that's the cause of the pain?"
Dr. Schubiner challenged the widespread medical assumption that MRI findings like disc degeneration, bulging discs, and spinal stenosis cause chronic back pain. He cited studies showing 60% of people in their 50s and 80% in their 60s have disc degeneration without any pain, demonstrating these findings are normal age-related changes like gray hair. This contradicts standard diagnostic practice and suggests many patients are receiving unnecessary treatments based on incidental MRI findings.
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