In Australia, approximately 70-90% of people will suffer from low back pain at some point in their lives. Whether or not you should get a scan for your low back pain depends on a variety of factors, but generally speaking, imaging in cases of low back pain is not recommended when your symptoms have been present for less than 12 weeks

Ankle sprains are one of the most common musculoskeletal injuries sustained by people of all ages and activity levels. Not every ankle sprain needs an X-ray, so a set of rules has been developed to help determine when an X-ray is needed