People experiencing back pain think that consulting a pain clinic for MRI scanning may identify the real cause of their back pain and they may succeed in getting a good and long term back relief treatment.

All was going good until the BBC Health corner published an article negating any significant role of MRI scanning to determine the exact causes of back pain. The article explained the review of 1800 patients and concluded that MRI scanning is ineffective in managing normal low back pain and should be used for nerve root lesions, viral infections and tumors. It also suggested that the low back pain conditions didn