Peter Attia· MD
and here's why and sorry the MRI is the gold standard it is so x-rays we always need to get x-rays to make sure you're making sure that the joint looks healthy there are other conditions that can cause groin pain uh but it's usually negative it's usually hard to detect a stress fracture right when the pain starts the MRI is the gold standard to see that it used to be bone scan but that is Impractical um and an M really is excellent at looking cuz you can see the architecture of the bone and you can see um basically what we call edema in the bone or bone marrow lesion and sometimes a crack in the bone and it's graded there's stress reactions and then