In episode 5 of season 6 of Inside the Science we’re highlighting the study, “Association of Lumbar MRI Findings with Current and Future Back Pain in a Population-Based Cohort Study” with Dr. Mark Hancock. He explains the context of this topic and what prompted it, what the more important data to retain from this study is, some specifics on how MRI findings were or weren’t associated current and future low back pain, some other papers which he’d also recommend on this topic, how he educates his patients on what positive MRI may or may not mean, the clinical implications and the big takeaways.