THE FIVE REASONS YOU NEED AN MRI

1. When symptoms are persistent:  Symptoms that persist despite treatment or continue to reoccur easily may be further evaluated with MRI to offer additional clinical information to the physician.Common persistent complaints often requiring MRI are constant headaches 1x a week or more, migraine headaches, back pain, neck pain, pain in the knees, shoulders or any joint.
2. When you have injury due to a motor vehicle accident, slip, fall or sports injury.   Most of these result in injuries to the "soft tissues" of the body. More specifically speaking, these are injuries to the muscles, tendons, ligaments and cartilages.  These "soft tissues" are very poorly visualized on plain film X-rays and in most cases are not seen at all. The only way to know the degree of injury with certainty is to perform an MRI.
3. When other diagnostic tests indicate MRI:  Often other tests such as X-rays, Ultrasounds or Nerve Conduction Study’s indicate that an MRI is necessary to further evaluate.  Typically MRI is NOT the entry level test performed on a patient.  Most often, some other test(s) will have been performed first to help establish a preliminary picture offering information to the physician.  It is not uncommon for those preliminary diagnostics to reveal reasons to perform a higher level, more sensitive test such as MRI.
4. When there is history or family history of certain illnesses:  Cardiovascular disease often requires MRI to closely examine problems in the arteries. This can be especially helpful in evaluating the arteries of the heart and brain and can be life saving if detected early in these areas.  A tumor due to cancer of any of the soft tissues is best visualized with MRI.  Yes this also holds true for breast cancer!  Mammograms serve as a cost effective screening process but medically speaking, are by and large, a crude way to image tumors in the breast tissue.  MRI is definitely a more sensitive test and the way to go in order to obtain the best image possible.
5. When your doctor tells you need to have one:  The best way to know if you need an MRI is to listen to your doctor. The doctors at County Line Chiropractic Medical & Rehab Centers have vast experience in patient care and know best how and when to utilize diagnostic imaging such as MRI.  If you feel you need an MRI but the doctor has not recommended it and you have questions, just ask!   We pride ourselves on patient education and communication! 
What are the risk factors of having an MRI?  
MRI has been around for decades and there have been no known negative side-effects reported.  Apparently the only serious contraindication to performing MRI would be on patients with metal anywhere in or on their body.  Since an MRI relies on producing a very powerful magnetic field to create the image, having a patient, medical professional or anyone else for that matter near the MRI unit with metallic objects in or on their body would be an unfavorable situation.  Obviously patients with pacemakers, artificial joints, surgical clips or metallic fragments are not candidates for MRI.  Every patient undergoes a careful screening process prior to being scanned with MRI.

We Can Help!
We at County Line Chiropractic Medical & Rehab Centers are proud to announce our brand new, state-of-the-art OPEN MRI unit at our 441 and County Line Road office!  We accept all auto and all PPO and POS insurances.  We also make it affordable for those who may have financial challenges during the current economic weather.  We also accept MRI prescriptions from outside physicians and can do them in our unitat the 441 and County Line Road location. Remember, MRI is imperative after accidents to properly evaluate the soft tissues.  Our Board Certified Radiologist reads and writes a complete report for the doctors of County Line Chiropractic Medical & Rehab Centers to review and explain to you.

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