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Originally Posted by cyclist569
Yeah unfortunately I' am somewhat of a hypochondriac and took what the MTBI forum elders were telling me with spoon and fork.
Here are my MRI cervical spine findings:
"There is curvature of the thoracic spine to the right. A cervical lordosis is maintained. The vertebral body heights are preserved without findings for fracture or spondylolisthesis. No marrow-replacing lesion is detected. The anterior and posterior longitudinal ligaments appear to be intact. No signal abnormalities are seen within the interspinous ligaments or within the paraspinal soft tissue.
The visualized posterior fossa and cervical cord demonstrate no signal abnormalities.
There is no significant posterior disk herniation, spinal canal stenosis, or neural foraminal narrowing. The intervertebral disk spaces are within normal limits."
Impression:
"Unremarkable appearance of the cervical spine without evidence for posterior disk herniation or spinal canal stenosis. Normal appearance of the cervical cord.
Cervicothoracic scoliosis."
-That was the exact MRI report for my cervical spine. Thank you guys so much for all the assistance, I appreciate it more than you know. Have a fantastic new year.
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According to the MRI report the spinal side of things is OK for the most part - Cervicothoracic scoliosis seems to be the only finding.
but is doesn't say if mild, moderate. severe...the dr who ordered it should show & tell what that all means..
A good chiro should be able to help with treatment for that, or a qualified PT, especially since there is no disk issues, or bulges, or herniations, degeneration, or arthritis etc..
From the report I would tend to think it is more of a soft tissue injury sort of thing.. Soft tissue can be just as painful as something that would show on an MRI, so don't let drs brush you off, just because there is nothing surgical they can do for you.
Skillful PT or chiropractic can be helpful.