Do You Really Need an MRI for Your Back Pain?

Getting an MRI can seem like a good idea if you have back pain, but studies show that back-pain sufferers in a 2010 study who had an MRI within the first month didn’t recover any faster than those who didn’t have the test. Additionally, those that received a test were eight times as likely to have surgery, and had a five-fold increase in medical costs with no additional recovery benefit.