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Posted on Mon, 4 Jul 2016
Question: Hi Doctor,
Good evening, in XXXXXXX month i got severe back pain and after check up doctor prescribed me bed rest and medicines for 1 month. Now he asked me to do 4 physiotherapy exercises daily at home. But still i have back pain not severe but yes while i band forward. I am pasting my MRI report here for your reference, please guide me further so that i can get rid of this back pain.
MRI LUMBO-SACRAL SPINE
Protocol: Sagittal and Axial T1 and T2 Wt sequences. Coronal T2 IRFSE sequence
Screening mid sagittal T2 Wt sequence through whole spine
OBSERVATIONS:
Lumbar spine shows loss of normal lordosis.
Rest of the vertebral bodies show normal marrow signal intensities.
No evidence of osteolysis / osteosclerosis. No evidence of spondylolysis / listhesis.
No facetal and ligamentum flavum hypertrophy noted.
Conus is normal in size & signal intensity. No evidence of extradural/intradural/ intramedullary mass lesion.
No pre or para vertebral soft tissue mass lesion seen.
AP spinal canal dimension at the Pedicular levels are as follows:
L1 level : 1.41 cms
L2 level : 1.41 cms
L3 level : 1.41 cms
L4 level : 1.49 cms
L5 level : 1.39 cms
Intervertebral levels:
Disc dehydration is noted at L5-S1 level.
L5-S1: Diffuse disc bulge with central and left paracentral protrusion indenting on the thecal sac obliterating the lateral recesses with impingement over both traversing nerve roots (L > R).
Other lumbar discs: No significant herniations.
Both S.I. joints are normal.
Cont...2
Customer Name MR XXXXXXX XXXXXXX Customer ID IND345719
Age & Gender 30Y/MALE Visit Date 04/02/2016
Ref Doctor DR. XXXXXXX CHAVAN
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Screening of cervico-dorsal spine:
Cervico-dorsal spine shows normal alignment & morphology.
CV junction is normal.
No disc dehydration is noted in the cervical and upper dorsal regions. No significant disc bulges/ herniations.
Spinal cord: Shows normal signal intensity. No focal lesions.
IMPRESSION:
 Diffuse disc bulge at L5-S1 with central and left paracentral protrusion indenting on the thecal sac obliterating the lateral recesses with impingement over both traversing nerve roots (L > R).
CONSULTANT RADIOLOGISTS:
DR. RADHESH. S DR. L.S. XXXXXXX DR. H.K. XXXXXXX DR. H.T. XXXXXXX XXXXXXX
DR. XXXXXXX XXXXXXX DR. XXXXXXX XXXXXXX ADT
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Answered by Dr. Dr. Naveen Kumar Sharma (1 hour later)
Brief Answer:
You need to continue physiotherapy

Detailed Answer:
Hello XXXXXXX ji,
I have studied your case and MRI report. You are having disc protrusion with nerve compression. It is in very early stage. I do not think you need to worry about this too much. I have following suggestions for you.
1.Continue your physiotherapy. There is no need to stop this, Some patient when they get some benefit then they stopped physiotherapy.
2.Tablet Myoril or Myospaz needs to be taken when there is back pain.
3.Hot water fomentation.
4.Brugel local application,
You need to avoid bending forward, sitting in same position for long time and any jerky activities to spine. I hope these steps will be helpful for you.Let me know if there is any other followup questions.
thanks
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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Dr. Dr. Naveen Kumar Sharma

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Practicing since :2002

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Suggest Treatment For Severe Back Pain

Brief Answer: You need to continue physiotherapy Detailed Answer: Hello XXXXXXX ji, I have studied your case and MRI report. You are having disc protrusion with nerve compression. It is in very early stage. I do not think you need to worry about this too much. I have following suggestions for you. 1.Continue your physiotherapy. There is no need to stop this, Some patient when they get some benefit then they stopped physiotherapy. 2.Tablet Myoril or Myospaz needs to be taken when there is back pain. 3.Hot water fomentation. 4.Brugel local application, You need to avoid bending forward, sitting in same position for long time and any jerky activities to spine. I hope these steps will be helpful for you.Let me know if there is any other followup questions. thanks