If you have ever felt pain running from your buttock down the back of your thigh getting out of a low car seat, rolling over in bed, climbing stairs, or sitting through a long drive, you know how hard it is to point at where the trouble is.

If you have ever felt a catch reaching into an overhead cupboard, an ache lifting a kettle, soreness fastening a seatbelt, a twinge reaching across for a mug, or pins and needles running from your neck into your hand, you already know the awkward part of shoulder pain: it rarely stays in one tidy place.

If you have read a sentence like “multi-level degenerative disc disease with disc bulge and facet arthropathy” on a piece of paper, sat with it at the kitchen table, read it again, then typed a few of the words into your phone and wished you had not—you already know how heavy a report can feel. Back pain MRI results are written for clinicians, not for the person holding them, and the language lands harder than it is meant to.