schmorl's node

[towner9]

how is schmorl's node treated?

[DHOP]

Hello i was injured on the job june 2012, have really back lower back spasms and intense neck pain and stiffness still today. The mri showed Small Schmorl's nodes are present from C2-C3 to C7-T1. But i was told i shouldn't have any pain with this that it  was just a normal. Just wondering what made them come to that conclusion in your case. I just find it funny that my pain is in that same area where the nodes are.

[paininpa100]

I am a 47 year old female.  After 6 years of pain and misdiagnosis, I was diagnosed with an "intense reaction to Schmorle's Nodes."  I am currently on 2 osteoporosis medicines (Evista and Fosomax) in attempts to stop the microfractures from occuring. After a few months of taking these, I did improve.  However, my hips and back recently started bothering me again, in the form of spasms.  I cannot get another MRI for a few more weeks.  I take Naproxin 2x's/day and muscle relaxers 1-2 times/day.  Acupuncture gives me great short term relief, but the spasms are back the next day.  I sit, and sometimes sleep in our recliner, as well as use an ice pack.   These also provide short term relief.  I am starting physical therapy (again), in hopes of strengthening my core muscles and stretching out the spasming muscles.  PT did work once before.  In reading others' stories, I feel fortunate that I had a few months of relief.  Has anyone else had success with other forms of treatment?

[MrMike19597]

A Schmorl's node is an upward and downward protrusion  of a spinal disk's soft tissue into the bony tissue of the adjacent vertebrae  Schmorl's nodes are detectable with an x-ray test as a spine abnormality

Schmorl's nodules typically do not require extensive treatment. However, pain relief due to Schmorl's nodules is usually relieved through rest and/or by going to a doctor who can use his/her hands to manipulate the bones surrounding the spine. Doctors who do this are known as chiropractors. Surgery is rarely used as a treatment for Schmorl's nodules if that is the only presenting problem.