Hi,

After the sport trauma I periodically have severe pain attacks (they started as lower back pain, now the pain goes to the neck and legs). The surgeon I had been consulted by, said, he did not see any problems and suggested taking painkillers while the attacks.

At the same moment, I had the MRI pictures from the hospital. And the hospital doctors' conclusion says "disc desiccation and annular tear".

As my pain attacks continued I decided to get a relief from the conservative therapy and visited a physio therapist. She is sure that "there is obvious disc herniation" on the image (please see it attached). Well, I am taking massage&acupuncture now, but things go worse..

And, this summer, I was spending time in a different country and also underwent an MRI exam there. The written conclusion of their specialists' is: "degenerated discs (L4-L5, L-5-S1), discs protrusions are obsereved".

By this moment, I have four different opinions and this is confusing me.

The question is: who is rights? The surgeon, who does not see anything but prescribes painkillers (well, it looks like he understands I need something from pain but does not see it's cause); hospital doctors who see "disc desiccation and annular tear"; my physio therapist, who sees "obvious disc herniation"; or abroad specialists confirmed "degenerated discs and discs protrusions".

Please see the MRI image attached. Thank you guys for your opinions..

P.S.: Sorry, I have no idea how to post my image other way, so I put this kind. Hope, this does not against the rules..

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how to attach images -
http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/fa...b3_attachments