Neck pain and radiculopathy caused by disc degeneration and bone spurs. Male 26yo
First of all, I know its not spinal stenosis, and im just looking from advice.
My neck looks like it went downhill in a couple years from bad posture at pc and phone, gym training, basketball and probably stress and depression. It got worse 4 months ago after a gym injury and I'd like to know if you guys can see anything radiologist missed or neurosurgeon didn't take into consideration and only mentioned my cervical rectification as my source of pain. My symptoms are numbness , tingling and pain on the left arm, but in report there is just the right side being mentioned caused by foraminal narrowing, where I sometimes get symptoms but they are most likely caused by median nerve compression at some level, proved by a previous emg I had. They pain comes and goes, and sitting or bending head forward makes it worse. Laying in bed or walking makes it better. I haven't tried anything yet and im reluctant on taking medication because its not that bad yet. I also quit going to the gym and I'm sticking to walking and I'm probably gonna start swimming. I had this cervical MRI one week ago and I will add sagittal and one approximate axial view of every level and also the report translated. One thing I've noticed is that they don't even mention my c5-c6 where I see a bulge or bone spur(?) Here's the radiologist report:
Correct alignment of the cervical vertebral bodies in the sagittal plane
Mild loss of physiological lordosis
Early signs of osteochondrosis with signs of dehydration of the C3-C4 and C4-C5 discs. Along with mild uncoarthrosis causing:
At C3-C4: narrowing of the right intervertebral foramen.
At C4-C5: right foraminal narrowing.
Bulbomedullary junction, cervical spinal cord, and spinal canal without additional abnormalities.
Any help or additional information would be appreciated. PD: I know not every pain or symptoms cant be explained just by imaging, but its a place to start. Thank you.
