09/03/2026
A normal scan does not always mean an injured person is fine.
On a new episode of Crashes, Claims & Clarity, Georgia personal injury attorney Darrell Burrow sits down with Dr. Ben Burch, a double board-certified orthopedic spine surgeon at the Atlanta Spine Institute.
Dr. Burch explains why emergency room imaging may not reveal every soft-tissue or spinal injury, how distracting pain can delay the recognition of additional symptoms, and why a patient’s history and functional limitations remain critical parts of an evaluation.
The conversation also explores:
• Crash-related aggravation of previously silent spinal conditions
• The difference between an alarming scan and a disabling condition
• How doctors determine whether nonsurgical treatment is working
• Uniportal and biportal endoscopic spine procedures
• Questions patients should ask before undergoing surgery
• Why smaller incisions do not make the underlying injury less serious
• The risks of allowing AI to confuse measurements with clinical meaning
This is an important conversation for anyone who has continued to experience pain or limitations after being told that the initial imaging looked normal.
Listen here:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-30-what-spine-scans-can-miss-after-a-crash/id1824256144?i=1000787589252