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Multiple Disc Buldges

enigmaticloner
enigmaticloner

Recently I've been reading over some things and I see that results from MRIs I've had in the past have mentioned mild disc buldging at various parts of the spine. I've looked this up online and have seen that it can indeed cause pain, which has lead me to believe that this is the cause of the majority of the pain I've been getting these past few years in my back, chest, hip, legs, and knees. In particular it mentions L2-3, L3-4, T9-10, and T11-12. Has anyone found any methods that have helped with their pain from this similar issue?


Aronia
Aronia
The problems with the spine are so complex , there is usually not just one thing that can cause pain.
A neurosurgeon or a neurologist would be able to diagnose these problems and pinpoint exactly what needs to be worked on.
A lot of times there is scar tissue from chronic inflammation
AnnNY
AnnNY
At the moment the parts of my spine that look the worst (two compression fractures in my lumbar spine), hurt more than the parts of my spine that look normal. I have autoimmune peripheral neuropathy, so I don't know what is going on.
OlderCPer
OlderCPer
It'd be best to see a Neuro or Spine Doc and get a current MRI read. Most people who have any kind of active life, or do any type of heavy labor or lifting in their job have some mild bulging in discs, it doesn't mean it will automatically cause pain and generally wouldn't cause a level of pain like Chronic Pain that needs to be treated with drugs. My son actually has 2 discs that are herniated and he's in the ARMY and does some pretty hardcore training and he's not in pain 24/7 every day.

I've fractured my back, broke 2 Vertebrae, the breaks healed well and I have no residual pain from that, but do get lower back/tail bone area pain from Peripheral Neuropathy. So its not always clear when your back is hurting where it's actually radiating from.

Having current images read by a Neuro or Spine Doc would give you the best answer without guesswork.

Take care,
kat
AnnNY
AnnNY
I actually said the opposite of what I meant. The parts of my spine that look the worst seem to feel OK. The parts that look fine hurt the most (mid back and lower spine. Sorry. Brain fog strikes again.
enigmaticloner
enigmaticloner
The last orthopedic doctor I seen had told me that my pain is probably not coming from my spine. He brushed it off as my kidneys(I do have a kidney problem as well but that's not the cause of all this pain) I might see another one eventually though to get another opinion but unless they have something else to recommend than the usual I'm not sure I'll be very interested. If the pain isn't coming from my discs though then I really don't know what the issue is.
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