Hello. I just got my MRI result back from the office but I don t have a doctor available for a little while to actually take a look and I was hoping that someone could make sense of it for me. The impression reads as follows. At L4/5, there is compression of the traversing left L5 nerve root secondary to a moderate central disc protrusion and facet join degenerative change. At L5/S1, there is compression of the traversing right S1 nerve root secondary to a large right central disc protrusion with a superimposed focal right subarticular extrusion. I am experiencing pain in my right hip down the outside of my right leg, numbness in the outside half of my foot and I am starting to experience extreme weakness in both my legs when I try to walk anywhere. From what I can make out from the impression I have a couple of pinched nerves but I don t really understand how serious the situation is and what I can do to help make it better. Any help would be appreciated.