MRI w/o contrast: mild levoscoliosis w/normal lumbar lordosis. Vertebral body heights appear normal. conus ends at T12-L1. At T11-12 and T12-L1 disc spaces and foramina appear unremarkable. At L1-2 there is a mild annular bulge mild foraminal stenosis. At L2-3 there is a mild broad=based disc bulge w/mild foraminal stenosis on the left & mild central canal stenosis. At L3-4 there is mild spur formation and vertebral spondylosis and a retrolisthesis with mild foraminal stenosis and facet and ligamentous hypertrophy. There is mild central canal stenosis. At L4-5 there is a broad-based disc bulge & facet hypertrophy with moderate foraminal stenosis and mild central canal stenosis. At L5-S-1 there is a disc bulge with facet hypertrophy and normal foramina. Sacrum in grossly intact. S1 joints are unremarkable. What does this all mean with regard to back pain radiating from upper spine down into lower back. Pain that circles the rip cage (both sides). And, pain that comes over the iliac crest down into the groin. This pain can be the most dipilitating & gets worse with any type of belted clothing. Additionally, my feet from the upper ankle to the toes are always in pain. Plus, there seems to be a very definate bowel/intestine element to this whole issue.....A lot going on.