Month: July 2013:
HIgh Intensity Zone
What is a High Intensity Zone? In relationship to the spine, it is a term that has been used on and off for the past 20 years. Initially described by Drs’ April and Bogduk in 1992, it is a MRI finding identified on a specific sequence called T2. A High Intensity Zone (HIZ) is defined […]
Disk Degeneration in 21 Year Olds
During my training, it was assumed that the average adolescent or teenager should have normal disc anatomy. It was assumed that disc herniation/degeneration was a rare occurrence in that population. But, at that time, technology such as a MRI scanner was relatively new, rare and expensive. We did not have the capability to test to see […]
