[sudheer]

Dear all,
I am having left leg pain from 1.4 yrs.i am 28 yrs old.I am having lower back pain ,left leg week ness,pain,tingling sensations.Also i have left hip pain and tightness.
My MRI LS spine results are:
1.Schmorl's nodes at upper end margins of L2 vertebral body
2.Broad based circumferential annular disc bulge at L1-2 causing mild indentation over anterior thecal sac.
MRI Left hip -normal.
Can some one help me in understanding this report.and how serious is my case.Also what dos and donts to come out of pain quickly.Please.

[mrsD]

Welcome to NeuroTalk:

This link explains what Schmorl's nodes are:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schmorl%27s_nodes

[pabb]

Originally Posted by sudheer

Dear all,
I am having left leg pain from 1.4 yrs.i am 28 yrs old.I am having lower back pain ,left leg week ness,pain,tingling sensations.Also i have left hip pain and tightness.
My MRI LS spine results are:
1.Schmorl's nodes at upper end margins of L2 vertebral body
2.Broad based circumferential annular disc bulge at L1-2 causing mild indentation over anterior thecal sac.
MRI Left hip -normal.
Can some one help me in understanding this report.and how serious is my case.Also what dos and donts to come out of pain quickly.Please.

hm, was thinking sciatica, but wrong vertebra. the mri said nothing about L4-5, or L5-S1??

[Leesa]

It DOES sound like you have sciatica. That can be caused by things other than disc problems. Your doctor can talk to you about that but some of the COMMON causes of sciatica are: discs, stenosis, spondylolisthesis, trauma, piriformis syndrome, tumors and several other things.

A Schmorls node is a protrusion of the nucleus propulsus into the spongy part of the vertebra. The nucleus propulsus is a group of nerve cells in the central nervous system, and in this case, they're in the soft part of the vertebra.

You have a broad based disc bulge at L1-2 that causes mild indentation over the anterior thecal sac. The Thecal sac is a membrane of dura matter that surrounds the spinal cord and cauda equina. The thecal sac is filled with cerebral spinal fluid.

This really isn't terribly serious. But IF you have sciatica, it is very painful and you could use physical therapy. I'd ask my doctor to prescribe physical therapy before this gets out of hand. If it's let to go on too long, the sciatic nerve can get VERY angry and it can be terribly difficult to calm it down and the pain can become almost unbearable. So ask him for an RX for therapy. You might need some pain meds too. I wouldn't wait too long either. I wish you the very best. Please let us know how you do, okay? God bless and keep us posted. Hugs, Lee