Pain and Damage are not the Same

“𝐏𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧” 𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐫⁣
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𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘹 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦.⁣
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This has been shown in research with several literature reviews: high % of individuals showing no pain or issues, but changes in their MRI findings.⁣
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𝗪𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧? ⁣
👉 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐧! ⁣
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Many individuals show changes in their discs, tendons and cartilage with NO pain.⁣
Many of these changes can be associated to ageing.⁣
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𝘋𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘳 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘯!⁣
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𝗪𝐡𝐲 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐞?⁣
👉 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐨 𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐞.⁣
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There an iconic story of a builder who jumped on a nail which pierced his shoe. He was in agony and had to be sedated. But his x-rays showed that the nail missed his foot. It did not pierce of scrape it at all.⁣
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“𝘌𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘸𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘭𝘶𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘹𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘚𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘵.“⁣
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This is what I often see in people who believe certain movements or positions are going to hurt as bending forward, deadlifting or lifting arms overhead. ⁣
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👉 𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦-𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘦𝘴.⁣
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⁣ 𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐧? 𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞? 𝐃𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐧?⁣⁣