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Originally Posted by Dubious
Since your MRI is uneventful, mostly, and there doesn't seem to be a reasonable mechanical reason for your pain, (this is just a hunch) why don't you talk to your GP about a referral to a rheumatologist and rule out inflammatory (and non) arthropathy (labs - CBC, RA factor, CRP, HLAB-27, sed rate, ANA...to name a few)?
BTW, I hope your x-rays didn't really look like that (clouds passing overhead in a snow storm at night) and that what you attached was just a printed picture of the x-ray as opposed to a direct copy from a CD!
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You say there doesn't seem to be a reasonable mechanical reason. Do you think my spine curvature actually looks ok in the x-ray then? That was the reasoning they gave me for my lack of range of motion, and the change in how I walk. He said that its pushed so far back, that you cannot see the opening any longer in the L5 (i think?) and that is likely the reasoning that my foot falls asleep.
As for the other advice for the specialist. If this turns out to be the issue or part of it, is there a solution? It looks like I already do what it says to do for treatment, without any significant results.