30/10/2026
The diagnosis on a scan does not predict the treatment.
We get sent scan reports all the time with the question: “What treatment do I need?”
A report does not tell you the treatment.
A proper examination, especially a detailed subjective assessment, will always give you far more useful information than a scan alone.
Many of us were taught early in our careers that certain scan findings automatically meant a specific treatment approach. As you know, real-world clinical practice rarely works that way.
With experience and continued study, you learn to assess movement patterns, irritability, functional capacity and the person’s lived experience. This gives you the true picture of what is driving their symptoms.
Most of the time, what shows up on a scan is not actually the primary source of someone’s pain.
So remember: an examination, especially a subjective one, will tell you more than a scan report.
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