Hi Samanthajoy,

I am going to say from personal experience, that once somethings goes wrong in the cervical spine, pain can be a constant recurrence. MRIs do not show any impingement that may happen whilst moving, and can even be misleading when it come to osteophytes. Sometimes these can only be completely visualized on a CT scan. Also, nerves sometimes get irritated, inflamed, and may develop a hypersensitivity of sorts from previous trauma. Sometimes a herniated disc can cause long lasting irritation, damage on a nerve. Herniated discs will be reabsorbed by the body in most cases, and if the MRI is taken after reabsorbtion has taken place, it can be very misleading. I have clinical proof of some of my herniated discs reabsorbing (huge extrusions), but still have nerve damage/ irritation that causes me pain.

Sorry you are in so much pain.
Ondee