When Does My Athlete Need an MRI?

A common question health care professionals may get from patients and their families when it comes to musculoskeletal problems is about getting an MRI to evaluate an injury further. An MRI can be helpful in situations, but when is it really needed? Today on the Healthy Young Athlete Podcast we talk about MRIs, what they tell us and what they don’t, and is it absolutely necessary following an injury to your young athlete.

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What is an MRI?

https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/treatment-tests-and-therapies/magnetic-resonance-imaging-mri#:~:text=What%20is%20MRI%3F,large%20magnet%20and%20radio%20waves.

MRI information from National Institutes of Health (NIH) https://www.nibib.nih.