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jkruse777
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Wow! I have read all the posts and threaRAB and I am really concerned now.
My Story....
I am the mother of a young man who just turned 14 a week ago. He has had "growing pains" since he was about 3 years old and was always in the 95% for his height since birth. He now stanRAB 6' 2 1/2" (remeraber he's only just turned 14). He is extremely athletic with Baseball being HIS sport. His "goal" is to attend Cal State Fullerton on a baseball scholarship. His "DREAM" is to play major league baseball. HOWEVER...............
Approximately 3 to 4 months ago he started complaining of low back pain. I chalked it up to his physical activity in sports including basketball and then baseball and pitching quite a bit during little league. Well time went on and some days were worse than others but again we associated it with the fact that when he pitched he was throwing at 78mph (this was at age 13). Then he and some frienRAB informed me that in his 7th period class at school he was in so much pain that he was crying. When a friend asked what was wrong he said, "My back is toast".
As soon as I heard that I made an appointment with a chiropractor here in town who helped my son on the football field when he got a helmet to the back (being tackled). He took xrays and was having him do some kind of electrode stuff to relax the muscles in his back. He was claiming that there was a joint down in his L-5 area that wasn't moving properly. Nonetheless, the repetitive treatment he was receiving at the chiropractor wasn't helping at all. I requested that an xray be accomplished in order to ease my mind that nothing MAJOR was going on in his back. The xray showed up a 6th Lurabar vertebra which from what I have read isn't all that rare. Anyway, we decided to get a consult with an orthopedic doctor and he took his own xrays with oblique views. There was definately something "not right" in his L-5 and extra L-6 area. The doctor requested further studies and ordered an MRI. We just had that accomplished last week; however, knowing a lot of medical terminology and previously working for a physician, and being a worried mother, I requested a copy of the MRI results prior to the post MRI doctors appt.
WRONG THING TO DO.........now I am worried sick!!!!!!!!!!! I don't know anything about orthopedic stuff!!!!!!!!!!
Below are the findings on MRI.
MRI of the lurabar spine was performed without contrast using various pulse sequences in sagittal and axial planes. The bertebral bodies are of normal signal intensity in all pulse sequences. There is no evidence of an acute fracture. There is no spondylolisthesis.
L1-L2: Normal
L2-L3: Normal
L3-L4: There are hypertrophic osteoarthritic changes of the facet joints. There is mild posterior broad based disc bulging impressing upon the anterior aspect of the thecal sac with mild bilateral neural foraminal stenosis.
L4-L5: There is mild posterior broad based disc bulging impressing upon the anterior aspect of the thecal sac with mild posterior neural foraminal stenosis.
L5-S1: Normal
A part of me wishes that I wouldn't have requested this report prior to the post MRI dr. appt. But at the same time at least I have read a lot about it and might better understand the doctor and what he is talking about when we do go to the appointment.
WHAT CAUSES THIS IN A 14 YEAR OLD BOY?????????????????????????
Other than this he is an extremely healthy hanRABome young man!!!
Any advice or just experience would be greatly appreciated.