Pain Science

 

- Pain is a decision by the brain based on perception of threat

- You can have an injury and no pain. Think about a bruise that you don't know how you got.­­­­

Statistics

- 40% of people with no back pain had a bulging disc. (disc bulges absorb over time which has been shown on repeated scans)

- 1/3 of people over age 30 have abnormal findings on MRI

- After successful rotator cuff surgery, 90% of people have abnormal findings on MRI

- MRI scans of 35% of collegiate basketball players with no knee p­­­ain show significant abnormalities

- Over 77% of asymptomatic hockey players demonstrated MRI findings of hip or goin pathological abnormalities

- Bulging discs are found in about 30% of 20-year olds and 84% of 80 year olds. Disc protrusion, a type of herniation, are found in 29% of those 20-year olds and 43% of 80 year olds. 

        - Jarvik 2002 Finally, over ⅔ of individuals with a herniated disc- symptomatic or not-                 will see a nearly complete resolution of the herniation after 6 months. Jordan 2009