Tag: painful joints

Too many specialists for your painful joints often fail to solve anything. Here’s what to do instead.

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Too many specialists for your painful joints often fail to solve anything. Here’s what to do instead. A patient recently visited with neck pain, shoulder pain, hip pain, knee pain, and wrist pain.   She has recently been seen by a rheumatologist for inflammation, an orthopedic for her back and hip pain, and a therapist for her shoulders, neck, and arms.   Months later, with thousands of dollars in MRIs, blood tests, and therapy she visited us hoping we had a better answer for why she was in pain, unwilling to stay on the medication that did little to relieve her pain.  Read More »

This doctor believes routine MRI’s of painful joints as we age is not helpful; however, a good exam can help you get out of pain at a lower cost.

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This doctor believes routine MRI’s of painful joints as we age is not helpful; however, a good exam can help you get out of pain at a lower cost. Years ago, if we wanted to order an MRI scan, we wrote a prescription for the test and the patient would go.  At the time an MRI scan was the most sensitive test available to evaluate a joint or an area of the body. Most of this MRI scan offered inconclusive results and were very expensive.   Today, insurance carriers require doctors to pre-certify these expensive tests because too many tests were Read More »