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Originally Posted by .RJ
I heard somewhere, and I dont recall where, that everyone's joints and body is a mess as they age - you dont expect your face to stay young, why expect your spine? I think unless you have many years of imaging history to see trends, its hard to look at a snapshot in time and discern whether things are good or bad or getting worse.
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No. There is a very clear difference between a spine that is "normal" and one that is in bad shape.
The problem is that simply having discs that are squished, a cord pinched, or other issues doesn't mean that's the cause of the problem. I've seen people with textbook looking spines that could barely move and others with multiple disc protrusions who were in for follow-ups with no issues.
Having a history of scans does help point to what the issue might be, but you don't need them to tell that there are issues.
To your other point, I once had a knee scanned and asked the Rad to read it for me. I asked if she saw any tears.
"Of course I see tears. Everyone has tears. You could scan probably anyone in the hospital over 30 and we would find tears. It's not that there is a tear, it's where, how big, how recent. And in that scope, I don't see anything"
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