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What Does The Following MRI Report Indicate?
Question: MY MRI REPORTS SAYS
1 POSTERIOR DISC HERNIATION WITH MILD INFERIOR MIGRATION OF L4-L5 INDENTING THECAL SAC.
2. SMALL POSTERO-CENTRAL DISC PROTUSION OF L2-L3 AND L3-L4 MILDLY INDENTING THECAL SAC.
PLZ ADV ME FOR TREATMENT.
1 POSTERIOR DISC HERNIATION WITH MILD INFERIOR MIGRATION OF L4-L5 INDENTING THECAL SAC.
2. SMALL POSTERO-CENTRAL DISC PROTUSION OF L2-L3 AND L3-L4 MILDLY INDENTING THECAL SAC.
PLZ ADV ME FOR TREATMENT.
Brief Answer:
Bed rest, muscle relaxants and exercise.
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Thanks for posting your query.
You have a disc prolapse. The treatment is done according to the severity of symptoms. Medicines are the first line treatment along with physiotherapy. If the patient responds well with medicines then physiotherapy helps in preventing further progression of the problem.
The main treatment of such problem is bed rest along with pain killers and muscle relaxants. Muscle relaxants can help with your symptoms if used in appropriate dosage in combination with a potent analgesic. You can get these prescribed from your orthopedician.
Local analgesic gels and hot fomentation may provide a short term relief. You can use analgesic gels like Volini gel. Exercise is not advisable in the times of acute pain.
Using an LS contour belt of appropriate size might be helpful in providing support to back muscles.
Physiotherapy also plays a major role in treating such conditions. Back strengthening exercises prevent any further progression of the problem. Epidural steroid injections have been used if oral pain killers are not very effective. Discuss with your orthopedician and an appropriate treatment can be planned depending on the response to medical drugs.
I hope this answers your query.
In case you have additional questions or doubts, you can forward them to me, and I shall be glad to help you out.
Wishing you good health.
Regards.
Dr. Praveen Tayal.
For future query, you can directly approach me through my profile URL http://bit.ly/Dr-Praveen-Tayal
Bed rest, muscle relaxants and exercise.
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Thanks for posting your query.
You have a disc prolapse. The treatment is done according to the severity of symptoms. Medicines are the first line treatment along with physiotherapy. If the patient responds well with medicines then physiotherapy helps in preventing further progression of the problem.
The main treatment of such problem is bed rest along with pain killers and muscle relaxants. Muscle relaxants can help with your symptoms if used in appropriate dosage in combination with a potent analgesic. You can get these prescribed from your orthopedician.
Local analgesic gels and hot fomentation may provide a short term relief. You can use analgesic gels like Volini gel. Exercise is not advisable in the times of acute pain.
Using an LS contour belt of appropriate size might be helpful in providing support to back muscles.
Physiotherapy also plays a major role in treating such conditions. Back strengthening exercises prevent any further progression of the problem. Epidural steroid injections have been used if oral pain killers are not very effective. Discuss with your orthopedician and an appropriate treatment can be planned depending on the response to medical drugs.
I hope this answers your query.
In case you have additional questions or doubts, you can forward them to me, and I shall be glad to help you out.
Wishing you good health.
Regards.
Dr. Praveen Tayal.
For future query, you can directly approach me through my profile URL http://bit.ly/Dr-Praveen-Tayal
Note: For further queries, consult a joint and bone specialist, an Orthopaedic surgeon. Book a Call now.
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