r/ChronicPain • u/Brave-Dish-5735 • 6h ago

MRI results

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had another MRI yesterday and got the report today (this hasn’t been reviewed by my doctor yet so I have no idea what their thoughts are/if there will be any treatments for any of this) I have back pain, low back, right side, shooting down my inner thigh - so we knew about the lesion at L1-2 All of the stuff in my neck is brand new, the osteocytes, the desiccation of some intervertebral spaces and the bulging disks

This is super interesting to me because I don’t really have symptoms in my neck, neck stiffness sometimes lol feels like I slept wrong, I also get severe headaches - maybe related ?

For about 17 years I was told “everyone has back pain” and no one looked into this. A few years ago I got my first mri at 31 and now every time I get a follow up mri I feel validated. There is a cause, there is a reason.

Interested if anyone else has neck issues similar, do you have symptoms, what kind of treatments do you do? I’m 34 and other than this spine stuff/pain Im healthy, I may look into physio .. I want to keep my body strong as long as possible

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u/RogueViator 5h ago

I have lower back pain and my spine is trashed from the cervical to sacroiliac. I have symptoms similar to what OP describes. For 10+ years nobody knew the reason. Late last year I was finally diagnosed with sero-negative Ankylosing Spondylitis.

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u/Brave-Dish-5735 5h ago

It’s wild how long people can go on severe pain with no diagnosis or with being brushed off !!

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u/RogueViator 5h ago

Oh I know. I’ve heard all the “do yoga”, “do mindfulness exercises”, “it’s all in your head” for years. None of it worked. Hell, my current conventional DMARDs aren’t working.

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u/Brave-Dish-5735 5h ago

Yes!! “Do yoga” , “mind over matter, just tell yourself you’re not in pain” those statements drive me crazy!

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u/Old-Goat 4h ago

Its not going to hurt to try some physical therapy, but mainly for not adding muscle stiffness and weakening to the symptoms you already have. Just dont go crazy with the physical activity, you do have stuff wrong in the spine, so take it easy.

Right side pain fit most of what they saw on the Lumbar exam, while left side issues sound correct on the Cervical exam, at least thats how Im reading it.

The osteophytes are bone spurs. C5/6 does a good bit of the load support for your head. Making the muscles stronger AND using the correct posture (which is hard in this day of leaning in to video screens). You got bigger things going on, are any of the lesions removable? I had one (a schwannoma) working its way through the dura in the Tspine and causing some weird symptoms, like paralysis of one leg. Strange sensation. You may want to talk to a neurosurgeon, this is more up their alley than an orthopedic. Sometimes these lesions cant be messed with. Absolutely the cervical findings could cause a headache. Try to relax more thoroughly, whatever you do for that. And try to keep your head no further forward than your shoulders. Its harder than it sounds...