by Dr. Tony Mork, MD | Dec 16, 2021 | Uncategorized
Annular Tears and Fragments – Part 2 What Causes Them? What Causes Annular Tears of the Lumbar Spine ? The diagnosis of annular tears is very common, yet they are rarely discussed. What causes the annular tears ? Are annular tears just a result of...
by Dr. Tony Mork, MD | Dec 8, 2021 | Blog
Annular Tears and Fragments – Part 1 What causes an annular tear? Here is my theory. When I first started doing discography and CT scans to visualize annular tears in a painful lumbar spine, I thought it was wear and tear that caused all the fissures. I...
by Dr. Tony Mork, MD | Dec 2, 2021 | Blog
Is the MRI enough to evaluate chronic lower back pain? In my opinion, the MRI of the lumbar spine is not the ideal diagnostic tool to evaluate chronic deep midline low back pain. There are a few reasons that the MRI is not optimal. If the MRI is interpreted as...
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