Over 1,000 asymptomatic subjects were assessed with with diagnostic imaging in this study.
Meaning people walking around with no neck pain were put in an MRI.
What did they find?
88% had a cervical disc bulge!!!
That's right. People with no symptoms. No pain. No problems. These people displayed a positive finding in an MRI.
So don’t let MDs scare you with diagnostic imaging.
Medical professionals should be looking at the bigger picture, not the small misleading one in their office.
“Disc bulging was frequently observed in asymptomatic subjects, even including those in their 20s.”
Nakashima H, Yukawa Y, Suda K, Yamagata M, Ueta T, Kato F. Abnormal findings on magnetic resonance images of the cervical spines in 1211 asymptomatic subjects. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2015 Mar 15;40(6):392-8. doi: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000000775. PMID: 25584950.