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areil

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Chronic Back Pain
Posted: 09-28-07 11:33am
can someone help me ? i have chronic back pain i know my mri is not that bad. i just dont understand why it hurts so much.

i have a shallow right foraminal protrusion at L2\L3 and a
central extrusion at t11\t12
lower lumbar levoscoliosis , i also have spinal fluid leaking

i dont even know what my mri means. all i do know is my back
hurts so bad, i cry for hous and hours. please help me Sad
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lonestarguy

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Re: Chronic Back Pain
Posted: 09-28-07 12:10pm
areil wrote:
can someone help me ? i have chronic back pain i know my mri is not that bad. i just dont understand why it hurts so much.

i have a shallow right foraminal protrusion at L2\L3 and a
central extrusion at t11\t12
lower lumbar levoscoliosis , i also have spinal fluid leaking

i dont even know what my mri means. all i do know is my back
hurts so bad, i cry for hous and hours. please help me Sad


Well, just looking at your MRI results, you do have a few bad things. Leaking spinal fluid is not good and protrusion of the disc in your lumbar area can also cause pain by pressing on nerves. The slight sciolosis in your lumbar region can also cause a displacement of your vertebra, causing the discs to compress and bulge.

My advice to you is to take your MRI to either a pain management or an oseopathic doctor. They specialize in finding the causes of pain and using different ways of easing that pain.

If you're still hurting (I assume you got the MRI in the first place because you were having back pain), then you need to get to a doctor and take care of it. Don't sit around in pain.

Good luck.
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Tyton

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Posted: 10-01-07 09:22am
Since radiological (X-rays, MRI’s, SPEC Scans, etc…) films are difficult if not impossible for the average patient to interpret and understand, you might first start by asking your doctor to define your MRI results by showing and explaining what he/she sees on an anatomical chart or skeletal prop in his/her office. Don’t be afraid to ask questions and seek clarification if you don’t understand something.

Lonestarguy provided an excellent description of what his interpretation of your MRI results mean. I’m certainly not seeing anything that I would say any differently.

I agree completely that you need to be seeking the assistance of a doctor for pain management.

Best Wishes,
Tyton
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