It is common for most doctors to advise imaging tests like MRI or X-ray to determine the cause of back pain. These are useful if the problem is due to a structural issue in the spine. But most back pain cases are mechanical in nature. In such cases imaging tests like MRI & X-rays fail to show the complete picture.MRI and X-ray images cannot distinguish between subtypes of back pain and chronic issues. MRI findings do not match with intensity of pain and disability in case of discogenic back pain. Interpretive errors by radiologists make these reports extremely subjective which