MRI's for nerve entrapments:
 

This is being posted about on the TOS forum, so I thought it might be useful for some posters here: These two first links are
from Germany: called MRN...

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23071777

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23166762

This link is from California:

http://www.radiology.ucsf.edu/patien...-nerve-imaging

This is the Wiki article explaining more:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magneti...ce_neurography

Exceptions
 

What about those who appear to have a nerve entrapment, but upon MRI review the foramen in the spine looks completely clear?? Do you have any suggestions for what this could be?? This is what I am dealing with. I have pain that radiates from my right lower back down my right leg, but the MRI and CT myelogram show no obstruction. My EMG does show nerve damage to L5 and S1 nerves.