About two years ago I wrote a column in the Kitsap Sun designed to be a public service announcement, highlighting several shortcomings of diagnostic imaging (like x-rays, MRIs, etc.) for back pain.
David Rankin, 49, has been dealing with back pain since he was in his mid-20s. Ibuprofen or ice usually helped, but recently the pain grew worse. “I started having sciatic nerve pain, which I've had ...