A torn labrum in the shoulder is analogous to a disc herniation in the back, where asymptomatic findings on imaging do not necessarily indicate a problem.

“the torn labrum is to the MRI with the disc herniation there is to the shoulder what the disc herniation is to the back right yes you know we tell our patients I almost wish when I give you an MRI for another reason I could ask the radiologist not to show me your spine in other words you take somebody who's not having no spine issues and you stick them in the spanner yeah there's nothing that bugs me more than having to sit there and go through all of these asymptomatic herniations which mean nothing and and I suspect the shoulder with its labor old hair has to be the same”