mri Q:

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I'm wondering, im going to have an mri done soon, thing is, I ONLY......have pain when i sit, when i stand the pain fades away.. SO..does that mean the problem won't show up on mri, because you lay flat in the tube ? this may explain why so many people with chronic pain have normal mri's...any thoughts ?
 
>>>> I assume your dr is aware of what causes your symptoms. A few years ago they came up with an MRI in which you sit, stand, and lie down to be scanned and they claimed that they found a lot more problems that way. It was highly talked about at the time, but I haven't heard much about it for a while. And yes, it could be the reason that there are negative MRI's even tho someone is in pain. However, if the MRI is negative, the dr might order a myelogram ct-scan which will probably show the problem if the MRI doesn't.

Good luck, and let us know what you find out.

Carol
 
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