http://cureforlowerbackpain.net/4773/should-i-get-an-mri-of-my-lower-back/ Cure For Lower Back Pain Symptoms and causes Fri, 10 Sep 2010 03:40:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://cureforlowerbackpain.net/4773/should-i-get-an-mri-of-my-lower-back/comment-page-1/#comment-17328 Aspasia Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:40:22 +0000 http://cureforlowerbackpain.net/4773/should-i-get-an-mri-of-my-lower-back/#comment-17328 Yes, if your physical therapy is not working, then it is time to get an MRI. THe MRI can see more than an X-ray, including the discs, muscles, and nerves in your back. Do this now, and establish a payment plan if you have to, because this just could help you avoid much more costly treatments down the road. I have had chronic spasms in my back for years, and I have gone to therapy here and there to relieve it. I went YEARS with local back pain/spasms only. In 2001, I started to have numbness and burning pain in my right leg. I ignored it because it seemed to get better, but I had episodes of muscle spasms and nerve pain/numbness in the leg off and on. I continued to ignore it, until it caught up with me. I got the MRI done, found out that I have a condition called spondylolistesis, which is a vertebra that has slipped out of place and over the vertebra below it. In my case, the slippage was minor but it was causing compression of my L5 nerve root. I had three injections that partially worked, and these can get expensive too. I had to go to physical therapy, which partially worked. I wound up having fusion and laminectomy surgery this past July, which is causing me to be out of work, and is also costing MUCH more money in hospital in-patient copayments! The moral to the story? If I took care of this when it started, I probally would be working right now, instead of sitting here in a full upper torso brace, with my walker next to me. I also would have much more money in my checking and savings account! Getting the MRI done will also allow the doctor and your physical therapist to create a more customized and precise treatment for you, if needed, which has many non-surgical, conservative options that involve little or no downtime. If there is nothing wrong, then you will have peace of mind, which will be a relief for you. In short, you need the MRI. It could save you thousands of dollars and pain down the road. Good luck! Yes, if your physical therapy is not working, then it is time to get an MRI. THe MRI can see more than an X-ray, including the discs, muscles, and nerves in your back. Do this now, and establish a payment plan if you have to, because this just could help you avoid much more costly treatments down the road.
I have had chronic spasms in my back for years, and I have gone to therapy here and there to relieve it. I went YEARS with local back pain/spasms only. In 2001, I started to have numbness and burning pain in my right leg. I ignored it because it seemed to get better, but I had episodes of muscle spasms and nerve pain/numbness in the leg off and on. I continued to ignore it, until it caught up with me. I got the MRI done, found out that I have a condition called spondylolistesis, which is a vertebra that has slipped out of place and over the vertebra below it. In my case, the slippage was minor but it was causing compression of my L5 nerve root. I had three injections that partially worked, and these can get expensive too. I had to go to physical therapy, which partially worked. I wound up having fusion and laminectomy surgery this past July, which is causing me to be out of work, and is also costing MUCH more money in hospital in-patient copayments! The moral to the story? If I took care of this when it started, I probally would be working right now, instead of sitting here in a full upper torso brace, with my walker next to me. I also would have much more money in my checking and savings account!
Getting the MRI done will also allow the doctor and your physical therapist to create a more customized and precise treatment for you, if needed, which has many non-surgical, conservative options that involve little or no downtime. If there is nothing wrong, then you will have peace of mind, which will be a relief for you.
In short, you need the MRI. It could save you thousands of dollars and pain down the road.
Good luck!

]]> http://cureforlowerbackpain.net/4773/should-i-get-an-mri-of-my-lower-back/comment-page-1/#comment-17329 quitter Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:40:22 +0000 http://cureforlowerbackpain.net/4773/should-i-get-an-mri-of-my-lower-back/#comment-17329 it's cheaper to get it checked now and treat it, than to get it checked when it is worse and have a worse recovery. it’s cheaper to get it checked now and treat it, than to get it checked when it is worse and have a worse recovery.

]]> http://cureforlowerbackpain.net/4773/should-i-get-an-mri-of-my-lower-back/comment-page-1/#comment-17330 susan Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:40:22 +0000 http://cureforlowerbackpain.net/4773/should-i-get-an-mri-of-my-lower-back/#comment-17330 You're in lots of pain, and the Dr wants to do a test that, while expensive, does read both bone and soft tissue to find out exactly what is wrong, and you are not sure what to do so you are asking random strangers. Do you really think we know better than the Dr. If you don't find out what the problem is then it will just get worse and may lead to permanent damage. Get the MRI You’re in lots of pain, and the Dr wants to do a test that, while expensive, does read both bone and soft tissue to find out exactly what is wrong, and you are not sure what to do so you are asking random strangers. Do you really think we know better than the Dr. If you don’t find out what the problem is then it will just get worse and may lead to permanent damage. Get the MRI

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