Is there a solution for my problem?

[judson_jd]

These are the impressions from my MRI scan:

1 - Loss of cervical lordosis due to muscle sapsm
2 - Cervical intervertebral discs dessication
3 - C6/C7 disc small posterocentral protrusion with minimal thecal indentation
4 - Sacralisation of L5

I'm right now undergoing physiotherapy every morning for about 15 minutes. But there seems to be no improvement. Some days, it's unbearable.

Is there a solution?

[mike1105]

could you teach a 7 year old dog to respond to a new name with 15 minutes per day of effort??? dont you need to call him by the new name all day long, and then forever to make it "stick'?? same with muscles.

[judson_jd]

Thanks a lot Mike.. your post is very reassuring.

The reason for the 15 minutes excercise is only because my phoysiotherapist told me that. I'll definitely go to the site and do all the necessary things you have advised me to do..

Thanks for all the help.

[mike1105]

i didnt mean to be rude and say your efforts were a joke-- i just laughed becuseit made me think of the countless hours i spent stretching and releasing all these "f*cked up muscles.  get the books and get to work. you can fix this. but muscles have incredible memory. you have to RETRAIN them--i liken it to teaching a 7 year old dog to respond to a different name. it takes constant repetition/attention. not just a few minutes in the morning after your coffee and toast.

[mike1105]

with all due respect, 15 minutes each morning is a joke.it's simply not enough to even make a dent. your workstation may have been adjusted, but the damage has already been done, and your posture is probably unchanged despite your new desk arrangement. i was a dentist and worked in a similar closed in hunched over posture all day long. It took me 4-5months of 45 minute sessions 3 times per day to fix this problem. It is called upper crossed syndrome. Go to a site by Erik Dalton and search around the site-- you will find it--read all about it and then stretch what is tight and short and strengthen what is loose and weak. a strong therapist/myofascial release therapist who understands the syndrome should help you. 1. clair davies trigger point manual 2. jolie bookspan website 3. paul d'arezzo book on posture. sit up straight. do the wall test on jolie bookspan's site. get stright and stay like that.... forever.. i think you can email me personally thru this site.. get the reading material and do that... i'll be glad to help. i had a very similar problem to yours ---probably worse-- pain free now.  To me, knowing what i now know, this problem has absolutely nothing to sdo with what was "found" on your MRI--at least based on what you posted of it. Your MRI actually seems pretty benign.

[judson_jd]

Hi Mike,

I'm a Software Test Engineer. As you know, it demands me to sit in front of the monitor for a long time. My brother [who is also a doctor] suggested my posture has to be set right.

and 2 months ago, my workstation assessment was done and even then I haven't seen any improvement.

As for my symptoms, I experience shooting pain in my neck or sometimes shoulder region. Apart from that, there's nothing else. The worst time is when I sleep. The moment I involuntarily turn to my sides, the pain increases so much that it bothers my sleep for a while...

[alinpain]

thank you for your input
al

[mike1105]

sorry, i dont.

just make sure you get a few opinions. i am convinced that most spine surgeries are not necesary. this is just my opinion based on my reading and my own personal experience. I am convinced, as you may have gathered from reading my posts, that most back pain is of muscular origin, especially in our society where sitting and hunching postures are so common. just becasue you may have a herniated disk does not mean that it is the cause of pain. Most people over 30 have herniations stenosis, spondylosis etc.  then people get pain, have an MRI, and the herniation is discovered and blamed as the cause of the pain. this happens all the time.

[alinpain]

hi,you seem to be on here a lot.do you have any info good info or know someone who had a fusion l4 l5.im facing the surgury next month

[mike1105]

what are your symptoms. what do you do for a living. was there trauma?

these MRI results dont seem bad at all. very common findings in adults