Millions of dollars in Australia is spent on back pain imaging per year but there are many common misconceptions with spinal imagery that often lead to overdiagnosis.In this episode, Physiotherapists Dr Adrian Traegar, Post -Doctoral Research Fellow, University of Sydney, Associate Professor Tasha Stanton University of South Australia and Dr Emma Karran Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, University of South Australia, they discuss why overdiagnosis is a huge problem and why it impacts are critical on our health systems. The trio stress the importance of patient communication strategies, the need for public health strategies to increase awareness and high value care such as exercise – which can help regardless of the severity of a condition depicted on a scan. This episode is super interesting and a must listen for any working in allied health!This podcast is a Physiotherapy Research Foundation (PRF) initiative supported by FlexEze.