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When Should You Get an MRI for Shoulder Pain? A Complete Guide

Learn when doctors recommend shoulder MRI scans. Discover key warning signs, injury symptoms, and how medical imaging can help....

June 27, 2025 – 9 min read

Help Resolve Shoulder and Knee Pain with an Arthrogram

Shoulder and knee pain can have many different causes. If you have experienced an injury or are having unexplained joint pain, your doctor might order an arthrogram to help diagnose the cause of...

July 28, 2022 – 2 min read

What Your Doctor Sees With a Shoulder MRI

If you’ve been experiencing shoulder pain, your doctor may have recommended a shoulder MRI, or you may have decided to seek one out on your own. You may wonder what your doctor sees...

December 13, 2020 – 2 min read

6 Reasons Why Your Shoulder Hurts

The shoulder is the most mobile joint in the body but is also unstable and prone to injury. Shoulder injuries cause severe pain that make even simple tasks, such as brushing your teeth...

June 10, 2020 – 3 min read

Shoulder MRI: Understanding this Common Procedure

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the shoulder is a common procedure that utilizes radio waves and a powerful magnetic field to produce detailed images of the muscles, tendons, and bones within the shoulder...

January 23, 2020 – 3 min read

Preparing for a Shoulder MRI

If you’ve been experiencing shoulder pain that isn’t going away, your doctor may recommend a shoulder MRI. This process uses magnetic resonance imaging to create detailed pictures of your muscles, ligaments and soft...

March 13, 2019 – 2 min read

Shoulder MRI Procedures for Arthritic Patients

If you have arthritis in one or both of your shoulders, your doctor may order a shoulder MRI scan to help them evaluate and treat your pain. A Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)...

January 19, 2017 – 3 min read

Common Procedure For Performing a Knee MRI

Understanding Knee MRIs If your doctor has told you that you need a Magnetic Resonance Imaging scan (“MRI scan”) of one or both of your knees, you probably have a lot of questions....

January 9, 2017 – 3 min read