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<blockquote data-quote="oldschool" data-source="post: 812749" data-attributes="member: 71262">As someone who has had multiple back surgeries, MRIs, medical opinions, etc. and who has become quite well versed on the subjects of pain, testing and physical examinations - I can say with an extremely high degree of confidence that your example actually supports [USER=72227]@Raiden[/USER]&#039;s view. You can test 1000 people with MRI, CAT scan, etc. and 99.5 - 99.9% of them will have abnormalities of the spine and no specific reported complaints. The rest who do report pain will then be faced with a variety of &quot;professional&quot; opinons about the cause of the pain and only very rarely is there a clear indication that surgery is necessary. And even then, results of surgery are highly variable and the pain may or may not be resolved.You may have valid reasons why bench testing is reliable, but this example is certainly not one of them.&nbsp; <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite109" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="oldschool, post: 812749, member: 71262"] As someone who has had multiple back surgeries, MRIs, medical opinions, etc. and who has become quite well versed on the subjects of pain, testing and physical examinations -[I] I can say with an extremely high degree of confidence that your example actually supports [USER=72227]@Raiden[/USER]'s view[/I]. You can test 1000 people with MRI, CAT scan, etc. and 99.5 - 99.9% of them will have abnormalities of the spine and no specific reported complaints. The rest who do report pain will then be faced with a variety of "professional" opinons about the cause of the pain and only very rarely is there a clear indication that surgery is necessary. And even then, results of surgery are highly variable and the pain may or may not be resolved. You may have valid reasons why bench testing is reliable, but this example is certainly not one of them. :) [/QUOTE]

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