“…41 MRI may, in fact, facilitate the "medicalization" of LBP, due to its visually exquisite depiction of pathoanatomy. 8 In fact, it is questionable whether the term pathoanatomy or abnormality appropriately describes what could be considered nonpathological or normal, age-related or degenerative changes. For example, among asymptomatic persons 60 years or older, 36% had a herniated disc, 21% had spinal stenosis, and over 90% had a degenerated or bulging disc.…”