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Join Date: Jan 2009
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Originally Posted by Girl_With_Balloon
Thanks. Tried to do this... Hope to get some advice.
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Hi Girl, I am sorry to hear of your issues. A typical MRI may have as many as 50 or 60 images; a tad more than the 4 or so sagittal images you have posted. More pertainent images would include axials where you can actually visualize root or cord compression, other pathology, etc., as well granulation tissue associated with annular tears (which are tears of the vertically oriented disc "Sharpy's" fibers where they anchor into the vertebrae above and below). So there are not enough images of the right type to answer your questions unfortunately. A bigger missing piece of the puzzle are your clinical exam findings that your docs assessed and wrote down that attest to how much of a physiological problem really exists. Can't see "pain" on an MRI, so the MRI really doesn't diagnose a problem so much as it just confirms or denies a working diagnosis (that is obtained by your symptoms complex and physical exam findings).
As far as advice, talk to your docs, do trials of conservative management including medications, PT, chiropractic, acupuncture, etc. and if that fails epidural steroid injections (if indicated) and lastly, surgery (on what I don't know based off of what I've seen).
Good luck!
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