Lower Back Pain - MRI Results

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I've had moderate and more recently sharp lower back pain for about 6 months now. If I bend at just the right angle, it feels like a tazor hitting my back. Can anyone explain the seriousness of these results? PT has been prescribed so I look forward to trying to make this better but I'd like more meaning to these results. Thanks!

L1-2, L2-3, L3-4, and L4-5: The discs are of a normal height and signal. No disc bulge or protrusion. No neural foraminal and/or spinal stenosis.

L5-S1 : The disc is decreased in both height and signal. There is a lateralized disc protrusion, seen paracentrally towarRAB the left, displacing the left S1 nerve root posteriorly. This is superimposed on a more broad based disc bulge associated with some mild posterior ridging. There is also noted to be a bilateral facet hypertrophy at this level as well. On image # of series X, there is what may be a small extruded disc fragment, seen extending superior to the disc space on the left side.

IMPRESSION: DEGENERATIVE CHANGES CENTERED AT L5-S1
 
Hi there! In my non-medical opinion from your report it appears that you have a fragment in the spinal canal which would more than likely be the cause of any nerve pain that you might be having down the leg or into the foot. You also have a bulge that appears to be causing compression.

In order to better understand your history, I have a few questions. Were you in an accident?
Have they tried any epidural injections? Have you started PT yet if so, how is it going? What types of medications do they have you on? Do you have pain in your legs or feet?
 
Were you in an accident?
No.
Have they tried any epidural injections?
No.
Have you started PT yet if so, how is it going?
I did have some PT about 3 months ago but it made the pain worse so I was sent back to my doctor at which point she requested an MRI. I have now just been referred to an orthopedic specialist.
What types of medications do they have you on?
Naproxen/Alleve.
Do you have pain in your legs or feet?
Yes, and also in my ankles, thighs and butt. I'm feeling nurabness in my feet and legs at times as well.
 
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