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Back Issues Due To Aacident, Test Done But Not Sure What It Is?
I have had ongoing back issues since an accident in 2008. I have done pt, chiro, and many esi injections . I had a new mri today and this is what it says: Desiccation and narrowing of l5 s1 Mild broad based protusion of l5 s1 disc posteriorly just to the right od midline Posterior margin of the proteusion is clise proximity to the proximal s1 nerve root bilaterally
Mon, 11 Mar 2013
this is a degenerative disc disease , most propably not related to ur accident, treatment with drugs and some mild exercises will relieve ur pain
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