This content was created by Jeff Langmaid. This content was uploaded by Jeff Langmaid. This is a YouTube video titled "The Reality of Spine Surgeries: Uncovering the Truth" featuring Jeff Langmaid discussing the overuse of spine surgeries and the misuse of MRIs as justification for surgical interventions. The video was created on June 5, 2023.
In my opinion, this is not founded in any study. About 20% of the spine surgeries being performed today should be being performed. I think about 80% of them, quite frankly, shouldn't because quite often I say this as somebody who's practiced in multiple orthopedic groups. So people are checking the box in order to advance somebody down a clinical pathway. And MRIs are used continually day in and day out as rationale and reason for surgical intervention. It's wrong and it happens every single day. What's gonna change? Well, the change is gonna happen by people like you listening to this podcast, getting out there telling your story and communicating at a higher level so people don't go through that journey. They don't know any different. They are trying to make the best decision. And the medical field has done a great job highlighting that surgery can fix the problem when that's just frankly not true most of the time.
