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Old_Cry_7838

normal mri but having sciatica type symptoms?

Vertebral bodies: No compression fracture. No osseus expansion.
Alignment: Mild straightening of the lumbar lordosis. No significant scoliosis.No spondylolisthesis.
Bone marrow signal: Unremarkable for age.
Intervertebral discs/endplates: Preserved height and signal.Endplates are intact.
Spinal canal contents: Conus terminates at L1 and is normal in signal. No epidural mass or fluid
collection.
Individual evaluation of the disc spaces demonstrates the following:
L1-2: Unremarkable.
L2-3: Unremarkable.
L3-4: Unremarkable.
L4-5: Unremarkable.
L5-S1: Unremarkable.
Paraspinal soft tissues: Unremarkable.

18m this all started after a work incident where i was carrying a heavy box up a couple flights of stairs 3months ago after a week i started having bilateral nerve pain down both my legs i'm very glad and very happy to have no disc problems and this has been a eye opener to take care of my body but what could be the cause of my symptoms? I've been going crazy thinking that a had a disc problem i have tighten back muscles my spine felt like it was about to collapse lower back pain hip pain a lateral tilt confirmed by xray and now i'm just stuck on what to do i'm waiting for my doctor appointment to go over the results next week was looking for some insight

Posted Aug 13, 2026, 5:01 PM UTC

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