Joined: 29 May 2004 Posts: 36 Location: santa monica
Need Advice Re: Pinched Nerve And Mri Posted: 06-26-04 09:17am
Hi I have posted my story on this forum
befor ..But quick review for those who
have not read it . A year ago I noticed
a shooting painn in my hip when I did yoga
and when I tried pulling the covers up
over my shoulder in bed. # months ago I
noticed bad pain when I tried to cross my
left leg over my right . It was so bad I
cried out. Int he last 2 months I have
developed terrible back pain. It is for
sure sciatic pian running down th eback of
my leg from my low back. One
suestion....I also ave pain running down
the side of my thing from my hip. Would
that be from a different part of my back?
They did an mri this week and I really do
not have full information right now but
the drs assistant called and said the dr
didn't think the mri looked bad but they
want me to come in to discuss treatment.
The questions in my haed are -- can I
still have a pinched nerve that did not
show up on the mri? If not why am I ain
such horrible pain - right now my low back
just above the hip is opinching so hard I
could run screaming. If the mri was
clean what treatment could they offer?
Thanks so much alison ps they did not mri
my upper opr mid back nor my hip. My hip
seems most painfull.
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algosdoc
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 23 Mar 2004 Posts: 186
Stop Speculating Posted: 06-26-04 10:29am
And wait for the results of the mri. It
is impossible to decipher what might be
happening to you without objective
results.
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alisonjoan
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 29 May 2004 Posts: 36 Location: santa monica
Ok Well I Had a Curiosity Question Here (or Two) Posted: 06-26-04 10:38am
Can someone have a pinched nerve that does
not show up on an mri? And what can cause
sciatic pain other than a pinched nerve?
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algosdoc
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 23 Mar 2004 Posts: 186
Mri Posted: 06-26-04 10:48am
The mri provides a small window of view
which sees only the spinal bones and the
spinal canal. There are other
possibilities extraspinal which would not
be picked up by mri. These include psoas
muscle components (tumor, cysts, etc. ),
piriformis muscle syndrome (entrapment of
the sciatic nerve as it travels through
the muscle, scar tissue bands over the
muscle, foreshortening of the muscle), l5
transverse process neural impingement
(entrapment of the nerve root in the l5
transverse-sacral ligaments), or
entrapment of the nerve root in the
transverse foraminal ligaments.
Intraspinal causes sometimes missed during
mri readings include high intensity zones
in the discs which may leak cytokines such
as tumor necrosis factors onto the nerve
roots, conjoined nerve roots, far lateral
disc herniations, or arachnoiditis.
Sciatica by definition is pain from the
back or buttock all the way into the foot.
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alisonjoan
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 29 May 2004 Posts: 36 Location: santa monica
Thanks My Pain Is From Left of Lower Back Through Butt ... Posted: 06-26-04 10:53am
And down back of lack to behind knee. Hip
also hurts as well as outside thigh.
What sort of treatment might they offer .
Just looking for a heads up - food for
thought before my appointment. Do they
ever locate these other types of problems
or just treat the symptoms?
