Findings : evaluation in the cervical region extended from the level of the lateral ventricles to the T3-4 level. Vertebral alignment is preserved. There is no worrisome marrow signal.
At the C5-6 level there is posterior disc osteophyte complex and posterior ligmentum flavum and facet hypertrophy. The CSF is effaced around the cord, with mild flattering of the cord but without any cord signal change. There is left greater than right foraminal narrowing with possible impingement on the existing roots.
At C6-7 level there is posterior disc osteophyte complex, ligmentum flavum and facet hypertrophy. There is partial effacement of CSF surrounding the cord but without cord compression and there is signal change. There is moderate foraminal narrowing but no definite impingement on the existing roots.
In the lumbar region evaluation extended from T10-11 to S3 level. Vertebral alignment is preserved and there is no worrisome marrow signal. The tip of the construction medullaris terminates normally around the L1 level.
Bilateral facet hypertrophic changes identified at the L3 - 4 through the L5 S1 LEVELS AND THERE ARE small discs at the L4 - 5 AND L5 - S1 LEVELS WITHOUT neural impingement.

Report does not mention my spina bifida occulta or that I have ddd up my whole spine.
I have had a constant headache since 1996. This is located at the back of my skull and neck, forehead and the top of my skull. I have been getting migraines since the age of three mostly behind my left eye and left side of head. Sometimes cluster migraines.
I was in a mva may 2012 and since then have been having problems walking. I also have problems with my arms, can't lift them very high and they are weak. I go to the YMCA 5 days a week to swim and do aquafit. I can't push a pool noodle under the water. When I swim on my stomach I can only use my arms. When I swim on my back I can use my legs.
My chiropractor thinks my cord may be tethered.
No one has explained my mri report.
Thanks in advance.
Redcat