18m all started after carrying a heavy box up a couple flights of stairs at work didn’t feel anything till a week later been through rounds of pt with no eval i got my mri results back and they’re perfect thank god but why am i in so much pain i have sciatica down my back and legs everything hurts im tired of the pain im exhausted i missed my graduation i missed everything my moms birthday my sister birthday i don’t do anything but rot in bed and do physical therapy with not eval i cant keep going like this has anybody experienced something like this is there something im missing???????

I’ve been having sciatica type symptoms back pain shocks zaps in my back and legs for the past 3 months after carrying a hefty package up a couple flights of stairs been in pt treating it like a disc bulge but my mri results came back perfect

Clinical indication: Lower back pain after injury.
Technique: Sagittal T1, sagittal T2, sagittal
STIR, axial T1, and axial T2 weighted MR sequences of the
lumbar spine were acquired. Intravenous contrast was not administered.
Comparison: None.
Findings:
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

I’ve been having bilateral sciatica and bad back for the past 3 months after a work incident my mri results came back remarkable no disc bulge no herniation I’m now confused about treatment do i treat this as a disc injury? my doctors assume it’s muscular but is it possible for this to go on for so long if it is i’m at my wits end with this

Context injured my back 3 months ago and been dealing with bilateral sciatica type symptoms lateral tilt confirmed by xray been having muscle spasms in my lower back as well as pain well i got my mri results today and showed as following

Clinical indication: Lower back pain after injury.
Technique: Sagittal T1, sagittal T2, sagittal STIR, axial T1, and axial T2 weighted MR sequences of the
lumbar spine were acquired. Intravenous contrast was not administered.
Comparison: None.
Findings:
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

I’m super happy that it’s not a disc problem thank god but what could be the cause is it possible the mri might have missed it ?

Trace glenohumeral joint effusion is seen.
Fluid is seen in the subcoracoid bursa.
Few subchondral cysts are seen at the posterosuperior aspect of the humeral head.
The supraspinatus, infraspinatus, subscapularis and teres minor tendons are grossly maintained on
the provided images.
The long head of the biceps tendon is grossly maintained in the bicipital groove.
No full-thickness rotator cuff tear or tendon retraction is identified.
No acute fracture or gross dislocation is identified.
IMPRESSION:

1. MRI of the RIGHT shoulder demonstrates trace glenohumeral joint effusion with fluid in the
2. subcoracoid bursa.
3. Few subchondral cysts at the posterosuperior aspect of the humeral head.

18m happened after a work injury was lifting a bunch of boxes i had some neck pain went to pt then my shoulder started hurting finally got it checked out and those are my mri reports neck mri is clean I have pain moving my shoulder in any direction been in pt for 3 months I also got a injection at the er they didn’t even tell me what they just said it would make the inflammation go down spoiler alert it didn’t

Completely lost feels like i’ve been robbed of life definitely a mental game

Sciatica sucks I wouldn’t wish this on my worst enemy feel like i’ve been robbed of life definitely a mental game that’s not worth fighting

Just as the title says was wondering if anybody here has had endoscopic surgery either in the neck or back and has it provided you any long term relief?

I’ve been hearing a lot about adr prp, stem cells barricade devices discseels and Discgenics amongst other things but I feel like we’re in modern times where spinal fusion seems outdated and many cases don’t provide lasting relief has they’re been any projects in trial for ddd or disc protrusions and what are we looking at in the future people say adr is the new technology but I feel like i’ve heard more bad outcomes than good ?

# 18M Recently posted about my back injury i was feeling great finished my last pt appointment 2 days ago 8 weeks long yesterday I had a terrible flair up the pain was horrible ended up in the er they had me sitting down for 8 hours got home really late went to bed today the pain is unbearable it’s shooting down my whole left leg down and into my right calf and foot it’s honestly terrible I’ve been seeing people talk about stem cell treatment was wondering if anybody had good results from it i’m in a tough spot due to my age I had my orthopedic appointment postponed due to my doctor being on vacation I have a follow up in 2 weeks honestly don’t know where things are gonna go from here things are pretty rough due to my age he thinks surgery is completely off the charts and I don’t know if I really want to get surgery at my age

18M Recently posted about my back injury i was feeling great finished my last pt appointment 2 days ago 8 weeks long yesterday I had a terrible flair up the pain was horrible ended up in the er they had me sitting down for 8 hours got home really late went to bed today the pain is unbearable it’s shooting down my whole left leg down and into my right calf and foot it’s honestly terrible I’ve been seeing people talk about stem cell treatment was wondering if anybody had good results from it i’m in a tough spot due to my age I had my orthopedic appointment postponed due to my doctor being on vacation I have a follow up in 2 weeks honestly don’t know where things are gonna go from here things are pretty rough due to my age he thinks surgery is completely off the charts and I don’t know if I really want to get surgery at my age

I injured my back around 2 months ago at work thought i pulled my back woke up the next day horrified stabbing pain down my legs mostly on the right I panicked went to the er they gave me a muscle relaxer and sent me on about my day after a week the pain persisted at this time I had no idea what a disc was after googling my symptoms I can’t lie my heart dropped had a scheduled ortho appointment he gave me pt I did the 6 weeks i’m definitely not back to normal but I have improved i’m not expecting a fast recovery but I can’t lie this injury hurt my soul i’m not the type to cry but these past 2 months I’ve definitely found myself shedding a couple tears everyday a injury like this 2 months after turning 18 I would’ve never guessed i never even broke a bone before not a sprained ankle nothing the hardest part is having to give up everything school sports my job I’ve dealt with mental health for as long as i can remember and that stopped me for alot of my teenage experience I would say my whole teenage experience having a injury like this right when i started to get my life together definitely hurts seeing people my age even older playing sports running around riding bikes motorcycles it hurts real bad and the worst part about it is everybody i see who have this injury talks about how they’re in they’re 30s-40s that hurts the most I just feel like my life is over before it even started having to go to pt and everybody there is decades older than me is the worst the looks i get the comments every pt appointment doctor appointment it hurts I started school recently just 2 classes forgot to add because of this injury i couldn’t finish these classes missed out on prom and graduation Im just hurting real bad mentally and physically I seen a post forget where it was something like you could have 1000 problems in life but once you have a health problem you only have 1 problem this really broke me and stuck with me sorry for the rant I just needed to get this out if anybody has any advice or tips I would greatly appreciate it

I injured my back around 2 months ago at work thought i pulled my back woke up the next day horrified stabbing pain down my legs mostly on the right I panicked went to the er they gave me a muscle relaxer and sent me on about my day after a week the pain persisted at this time I had no idea what a disc was after googling my symptoms I can’t lie my heart dropped had a scheduled ortho appointment he gave me pt I did the 6 weeks i’m definitely not back to normal but I have improved i’m not expecting a fast recovery but I can’t lie this injury hurt my soul i’m not the type to cry but these past 2 months I’ve definitely found myself shedding a couple tears everyday a injury like this 2 months after turning 18 I would’ve never guessed i never even broke a bone before not a sprained ankle nothing the hardest part is having to give up everything school sports my job I’ve dealt with mental health for as long as i can remember and that stopped me for alot of my teenage experience I would say my whole teenage experience having a injury like this right when i started to get my life together definitely hurts seeing people my age even older playing sports running around riding bikes motorcycles it hurts real bad and the worst part about it is everybody i see who have this injury talks about how they’re in they’re 30s-40s that hurts the most I just feel like my life is over before it even started having to go to pt and everybody there is decades older than me is the worst the looks i get the comments every pt appointment doctor appointment it hurts I started school recently just 2 classes forgot to add because of this injury i couldn’t finish these classes missed out on prom and graduation Im just hurting real bad mentally and physically I seen a post forget where it was something like you could have 1000 problems in life but once you have a health problem you only have 1 problem this really broke me and stuck with me sorry for the rant I just needed to get this out if anybody has any advice or tips I would greatly appreciate it

I injured my back around 2 months ago at work thought i pulled my back woke up the next day horrified stabbing pain down my legs mostly on the right I panicked went to the er they gave me a muscle relaxer and sent me on about my day after a week the pain persisted at this time I had no idea what a disc was after googling my symptoms I can’t lie my heart dropped had a scheduled ortho appointment he gave me pt I did the 6 weeks i’m definitely not back to normal but I have improved i’m not expecting a fast recovery but I can’t lie this injury hurt my soul i’m not the type to cry but these past 2 months I’ve definitely found myself shedding a couple tears everyday a injury like this 2 months after turning 18 I would’ve never guessed i never even broke a bone before not a sprained ankle nothing the hardest part is having to give up everything school sports my job I’ve dealt with mental health for as long as i can remember and that stopped me for alot of my teenage experience I would say my whole teenage experience having a injury like this right when i started to get my life together definitely hurts seeing people my age even older playing sports running around riding bikes motorcycles it hurts real bad and the worst part about it is everybody i see who have this injury talks about how they’re in they’re 30s-40s that hurts the most I just feel like my life is over before it even started I started school recently just 2 classes forgot to add because of this injury i couldn’t finish these classes missed out on prom and graduation Im just hurting real bad mentally and physically sorry for the rant I just needed to get this out if anybody has any advice or tips I would greatly appreciate it