Cut back on MRIs, experts say
Dr. James Andrews, a widely known sports medicine orthopedist in Gulf Breeze, Fla., wanted to test his suspicion that MRIs, the scans that almost every injured athlete or casual exerciser gets, might be a bit misleading. So he scanned the shoulders of 31 perfectly healthy professional baseball pitchers.
Dr. James Andrews, a well-known sports medicine orthopedist, believes that doctors can usually diagnose an injury without an MRI.