Pain on the outside of the hip that wakes you at night is usually a tendon problem, not bursitis. What the evidence says helps, and when a scan is worth having.

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.

There is a meaningful and poorly understood distinction between a chiropractor or physiotherapist trained to undergraduate level and a practitioner who has completed post-doctoral board certification in orthopaedic and neuromusculoskeletal medicine alongside postgraduate academic training in pain science. That distinction is not self-assigned. It is credential-specific, examination-based, and directly relevant to how complex presentations are assessed and managed. I hold the