FAQ: MRI for Muscle Injury What is a muscle injury? A muscle injury occurs when muscle fibres are overstretched or torn, commonly during sports, exercise, sudden movements, or accidents. Severity ranges from mild strains to partial or complete tears....

FAQ: MRI for Ankle Pain With Normal X-rays What does it mean to have ankle pain with a normal X-ray? This means ankle pain persists despite X-rays showing no fracture or obvious bone injury. X-rays primarily assess bones, while many ankle problems in...

Normal X-rays Don’t Always Mean a Normal Ankle Ankle X-rays are excellent for detecting fractures and alignment issues, but many ankle problems involve ligaments, tendons, cartilage, or bone marrow changes—all of which are invisible on X-ray. Whe...

Foot Pain Can Be Disabling — Even When X-rays Look Normal Foot pain affects walking, standing, work, and daily life. Many common foot problems involve soft tissues, tendons, ligaments, or early stress injuries, which X-rays often cannot detect. Whe...

Normal X-rays Don’t Always Explain Hip Pain Hip X-rays mainly show bone alignment and arthritis. Many common causes of hip pain involve cartilage, labrum, tendons, muscles, or bone marrow, which are not visible on X-ray. When pain persists, MRI is ...

Normal X-rays Don’t Always Explain Hip Pain Hip pain can be difficult to diagnose because many important hip structures—labrum, cartilage, tendons, muscles, and bone marrow—are not visible on X-rays. When pain persists despite “normal” X-ra...

Normal X-rays Don’t Always Mean a Normal Shoulder X-rays mainly show bones and joint alignment. Many common shoulder problems involve tendons, ligaments, cartilage, and soft tissues, which cannot be seen on X-ray. When pain persists, MRI is often t...

Normal X-rays Don’t Always Mean a Normal Knee X-rays mainly show bones and joint alignment. Many common knee problems involve cartilage, ligaments, tendons, or soft tissues, which are invisible on X-ray. When pain persists, MRI is often the next st...

Tailbone Pain Is Small in Area—but Big in Impact Tailbone (coccyx) pain can be deceptively disruptive. Even short periods of sitting can become uncomfortable, and recovery is often slow when the underlying cause isn’t clear. Because many coccyx p...