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Podcast: The Run Smarter Podcast
Episode: When to get medical scans with Paul Ingraham
Description: Paul Ingraham is a Vancouver science writer and a former Registered Massage Therapist. He left that profession over concerns about pseudoscientific beliefs and practices and went on to create PainScience.com, a website about the science of pain, injury, treatment, and rehab, where he has published hundreds of articles and ten books on these themes, the most successful of which is his guide to the tricky topic of “trigger points.” Today, Paul talks with Brodie about the pros and cons of medical scans. When injured, a diagnosis can help calm down the anxieties and confusion about recovery, but is getti...