I'm new to this forum..And am using it out of desperation and for piece of mind. I'm 24 years old.. Healthy weight... And active. I was involved in a car accident in september which left me with extreme back pain. I live in columbus for school and do not have a regular doctor that I could see down here, so I had to keep returning to the er who kept telling me my pain was just muscular. Since then they reffered me to a general doctor who requested I get an mri.. My summary said I have a small annular tear in my l5...Disc degeneration in my l4 and spinal anthrosis in the same area. I have horrible pain and just returned to my doctor today because I cannot cope anymore... I've been in physical therapy for a month with no results. My doctor was rude...Said my back isn't bad and I should not be having much pain...And that I must not be able to handle pain very well *which I objected to, I broke two of my fingers last week and didn't even know it* he said a spine center would look at my report and say nothing was wrong with me, he was laughing at me the whole time. My father's boss who has had many back surgeries looked at my films and said my l4 and l5 discs look completely black on the films and said healthy discs appear to be white...I'm wondering if i'm just crazy from feeling this pain, or if my pain is quite true. My doctor had me in tears because he made me feel terrible for waisting his time and hurting "for no reason" please somebody I need advice.