Re: Knees and lower spine mri

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From the sound of it you may have two issues going on. Your knees and your

spine. Have you ever had recently an EMG/NCS. This test shows if the nerves

from your lower spine are compressing on a spinal foot and causing pain and

weakness in different areas of your legs. You might ask about having this

done. A Neurologist usually does this test. If it is OK, then consider the

other therapy and possible scoping of your knees. I had both, torn knees and

nerve compression in the lower spine, so thus surgery on all three. Just

trying to help figure this all out. As I said before, they always find more

damage when they go in surgically than what is seen on the MRI. That is my

experience. Just suggestions. Please keep in touch!

Hugs, S.

Knees and lower spine mri

> Well, I had the mri of my knee (both are bad but we picked the worst on

that

> day). It only showed thinning under the patella and a cyst that has been

> getting bigger. If I didn't have so much pain from them both, I would

almost feel

> sorry for the doctor. She is trying sohard to figure out why it hurts so

badly

> where it does (medially at a wierd spot on both of them) and to figure out

> what to do about it.She totally changed my pt, took me out of the pool and

is

> doing all sorts of modalities. Then ,if there is not improvement, she's

mentioned

> having someone else look at it and/or scope it. They have been working up

to

> this bad state for a long long time. I don't think I could possibly make

it

> around a grocery store any more. It hurts too much just to stand or walk

> around my house. I did have some steroid injection into it a year or so

ago and

> after the terrible pain for the first three days, it really helped. She

doesn't

> want to inject it becauuse she isn't sure why she would be doing it.

>

> I also got the MRI of my lower spine courtsey of the recent NIH study two

> weeks ago. I have a couple of herniations and bulges and lots of DDD and

bad

> facet joints . Every level was affected. I knew my back hurt a lot but

everyone

> complains of back pain. Because there is some weakness in my legs and

feet, the

> doctor wants me to watch it ,keeps trying to strengthen it and get either

a

> facet injection or some other kind of shot. When I walk I get a pain

where mmy

> legs join my body but the pt feels that is from the si joint going out.

>

> The doctor spent so mmuch time with me I have a hard time putting together

> everything she said. I think she is having a hard time with me but she is

> trying!

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