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Old 12-03-2013, 10:22 PM
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Default neck mri help

Hello iam new here bit of background neck pain now 3 years
16 months ago had ctscan showed left c3-4 foraminal narrowing I had 2 rounds of injections waiting for rfa to burnout nerves. that is a 15 month wait anyways I finally. got my mri last week after a 16 month wait I am on ltd insurance now my job for 33years consist many forklift driving stacking newspaper rolls 25 feet high always looking up and twisting neck all the time anyways a week before my mri my right side of neck was hurting to theko point I could not lay on by back ive been going to physio for 10 months mainly.

doing traction anyways I went to my doctor to get results she said it just old age I told her she better look over the results because you r missing something my physio doctor who also got mri results and he says I got alot of bad stuff going onmy doc has now booked a appointment.with a neuro doc but the will be a year wait also we r goig start injection in right side now be a 30 month go where iam now is pain on left side all the time right side starting to effect my arms weeknessin biceps and triceps mild tinging in my hands sometimes Here r my mri results could someone tell me what you think my future holds

Straightening of normal mid cervical lordosis
C2-3 mild bilateral uncovertebral joint arthopathy.Mild right.and moderate left hypertrophic facet arthropathy. Mild bilateral foraminal narrowing. No significant central spinal.narrowing

C3-4 small posterior.disc bulge. Mild left and moderate to severe right hypertropic facet arthopathy.Mild to moderate left and mild right foraminal narrowing No significant central spinal canal narrowing

C4-5 small posterior disc osteophyte complex. Mild hypertrophic facet arthopathy noted bilaterally. Moderate left and mild right foraminal narrowing. No significant central spinal narrowing

C5-6 small posterior disc osteophyte complex with small superimposed right foraminal disc protrusion. Mild bilateral facet arthopathy. Moderate to severe right and moderate left foraminal narrowing. Mild bilateral facet Mild central spinal canal narrowing without cord impingement

C6-7 Minimal posterior disc bulge. Mild /moderate hypertrophic facet arthopathy noted bilaterally. Mild /moderate bilateral foraminal narrowing. No significant central spinal canal narrowing

C7-T1 No significant posterior disc abnormality, foraminal or spinal canal stenosis

Impression

Moderate left foraminal narrowing at c4-c5 and C5-6.Moderate to severe right foraminal narrowing at C5-6.Milder multilevels neuroforaminal narrowing as described above. No high grade spinal canal narrowing

Thanks all input would be great
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