Can the MRI identify who is in pain?

Think about this question. Can the MRI identify who is in pain? Most of you would think yes because you have been coerced through a reverse psychology of having pain and then being told since the MRI has identified a structural abnormality at the time of the pain, it is the cause. This is pure and irrefutable nonsense! Let's look at the facts. For the idea that if you are in pain and a structural abnormality identified at the time of the pain is the cause then the reverse must also hold true; that is to say that upon finding a structural abnormality the person with this must be in pain. Does anyone disagree with the logic? I hope not as this is the concept behind the scientific model; the very basis by which all fact is established.

So let's look at the evidence of MRIs being performed and who is found to have structural abnormalities. I will repeat it again. If you are to accept that you having pain and a structural abnormality is found at the time means the structural abnormality is the cause then those with structural abnormalities found on MRI must be in pain. WRONG! First study on people with no back pain in 1994 shows 70% of people with no back pain have bulging or herniated discs. More recent study shows over the age of 60, those without back pain 90% are found to have degenerative disc disease. Another shows of those with no hip region pain, 75% are found to have arthritic changes or labral tears. Study shows of those with knee pain, 63% are found to have a meniscal tear while those without knee pain 60% are found to have a meniscal tear.

There is your evidence. THERE IS NO DIRECT CONNECTION BETWEEN HAVING PAIN AND FINDING A STRUCTURAL ABNORMALITY ON MRI AND ASSERTING IT AS THE CAUSE. What's the missing piece? The answer is muscle. Over 30 years I have shown that in more than 98% of cases I have treated, the cause was muscular even with structural abnormalities identified on MRI. MUSCULAR CAUSES DO NOT SHOW UP ON MRI. So if a muscular cause is creating the pain, IT CAN'T BE IDENTIFIED AS THE CAUSE. So when the structural abnormality is identified which is independent of the cause of the pain, it creates the false diagnosis leading to all subsequent baseless treatments.

If you had known that an MRI couldn't identify who was in pain, you may have been more hesitant to accept that just because you are in pain and the MRI finds a structural abnormality, it is the cause of the pain. This is a fallacy that has been embraced for over 40 years with evidence compounding year after year. At some point, you have to decide how you are to be treated. The Yass Method ignores MRI findings and instead looks at the symptoms being presented by the body. The symptoms of each tissue are specific to that tissue so interpreting the symptoms helps to identify which tissue is creating the symptoms; regardless of whether bone, muscle or nerve. This is how it had been done all the way back to Hippocrates before the MRI.

Think about what is being said in this video and see if it makes sense. If so, seek the Yass Method and get the right diagnosis and treatment so you can be pain-free and fully functional and reclaim the life you so justly deserve.

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