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Originally Posted by SDVWS
MRI cervical spine:
Clinical indication : left side neck,shoulder,armpit,arm,and thumb pain.finger numbness.
Findings:no abnormal signal alterations are identified within the spinal cord.No acute vertebral body fractures are identified. There is very minimal retrolisthesis of c4 on c5 and c5 on c6. There is a reversal of the normal cervical lordosis centered at about the c3-4 and c4-5 levels. There is intervertebral disc space narrowing at the c4-5 and c5-6 levels. There are degenerative marginal osteophytes of the vertebral bodies and there are degenerative changes of the discs.
At the c4-5 level, there are a posterior hypertrophic changes of the vertebral bodies and there is disc bulging. This causes mild to moderate ventral impress upon the thecal sac.
At the c5-6 level, there are more extensive posterior hypertrophic changes of the vertebral bodies and there is associated disc bulging. There is moderate impress on the thecal sac. There is some mild narrowing of the spinal canal although csf remains anterior and posterior to the cord.
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I'm 58 and I've worked as welder in construction/coal industry since I was 18 years old. I have always had issues with my neck for 30 or so years pain and stiffness would come and go and I usually could deal with it for a few days or a week and I've gone to chiropractors. But it has never been this bad and lasted this long. A few days after this episode I went to a chiropractor and it really intensified the pain so much I went to the ER and scheduled the MRI. But I don't have a appointment at a neurologist for about 6 weeks. Ive been like this for over three weeks with no change. I get some relief when I lay on my back with heat on my neck and arm. It gets worse when I stand and especially when I ride in a car.