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Originally Posted by dagma1 (Post 1040842)

Dubious: Poster has already had an MRI, posted above.

Heard miracle stories about people going to Chiropractor's, I would not go to one though until I'd seen a specialist, agree with you that if they then decide it's safe to go to a Chiropractor, go for it.

Hope you are not referring to me when you talk about biased and unwarranted trashing of a profession, I'm certainly not saying that at all and never would.

You sound quite aggressive in your post, have no idea why, we all want relief here.

No, I wasn't at all referring to you on that point...just a general statement addressing bias between professions. Sorry if you took it that way. I'm a lover...not a fighter; very passive! Perhaps it's just the fever associated with the flu I have right now affecting my composition capabilities. My point was simply to raise thought over the concept of relying on one profession which knows little if anything about another to give an educated opinion as to whether the second profession should be trusted and utilized. And I agree with you on relief. You wouldn't want to exclude possible pain relief that a chiropractor might offer by relying on any particular medical physician who knows nothing of what chiropractors do but who clings to negative and hurtful biases regardless and would dissuade you from seeing one. I should stress as before however, I have seen chiropractors do a lot of bone-headed things but have also seen good come from them where no other provider types could help. Miracles.....I'm not so sure about!

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Originally Posted by cyclist569 (Post 1039648)

Yeah unfortunately I' am somewhat of a hypochondriac and took what the MTBI forum elders were telling me with spoon and fork.

Here are my MRI cervical spine findings:

"There is curvature of the thoracic spine to the right. A cervical lordosis is maintained. The vertebral body heights are preserved without findings for fracture or spondylolisthesis. No marrow-replacing lesion is detected. The anterior and posterior longitudinal ligaments appear to be intact. No signal abnormalities are seen within the interspinous ligaments or within the paraspinal soft tissue.

The visualized posterior fossa and cervical cord demonstrate no signal abnormalities.

There is no significant posterior disk herniation, spinal canal stenosis, or neural foraminal narrowing. The intervertebral disk spaces are within normal limits."

Impression:

"Unremarkable appearance of the cervical spine without evidence for posterior disk herniation or spinal canal stenosis. Normal appearance of the cervical cord.

Cervicothoracic scoliosis."

-That was the exact MRI report for my cervical spine. Thank you guys so much for all the assistance, I appreciate it more than you know. Have a fantastic new year.

According to the MRI report the spinal side of things is OK for the most part - Cervicothoracic scoliosis seems to be the only finding.

but is doesn't say if mild, moderate. severe...the dr who ordered it should show & tell what that all means..

A good chiro should be able to help with treatment for that, or a qualified PT, especially since there is no disk issues, or bulges, or herniations, degeneration, or arthritis etc..

From the report I would tend to think it is more of a soft tissue injury sort of thing.. Soft tissue can be just as painful as something that would show on an MRI, so don't let drs brush you off, just because there is nothing surgical they can do for you.
Skillful PT or chiropractic can be helpful.