
“Whilst not all of people’s back problems will have resulted from obesity, it certainly doesn’t help. When you sit, your body naturally exerts 11 times the pressure on your joints than when you are lying down and 8 times the pressure when you are standing up. So, when we scan patients in an upright position rather than lying down in a conventional tube, we see the results of this combination of modern lifestyle disasters, such as obesity that exerts greater stress and pressure on our joints – knees, hips and spine, in particular the lumbar region”, Professor Smith, Clinical Lead, Medserena Upright Open MRI
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Thanks to Lorraine Woodcock for telling her story as our case history in Hospital Times, Issue Two
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