Most back pain does not need an MRI, and an early scan does not speed recovery. What imaging can and cannot show, when it’s the right call, and how to read a report without unnecessary fear.

Nigel Peek, MSc Chiro (SA) | DIANM, Chiropractic Orthopaedist | PGDip HealSc Pain & Pain Management – Dist. (Otago) — Peek Practice, Grey Lynn, Auckland Pain is not a signal that travels from damaged tissue to a passive brain. That model — intuitive, persistent, and wrong — has been substantially revised over the last three decades. Understanding what replaced it changes how pain is assessed, explained, and treated. This is not a fringe position. It is the consensus view of c