Question
can you help the MRI said this :
conclusion:posterior central disc osteophyte protrusion at L4/5with low grade narrowing of the central canal.Posterior epidural fat also contributes to the reduction of canal size:
findings are:
Vertebral body height and alignment  is normal  disc height and hydration is preserved apart from mild retuction at L4/5 L5/S1. the conus signal, shape and position is normal. the distribution of cauda equina nerve root is normal. no paraspinal soft tissue abnorm detected. marrow signals are normal apart from endplate changes at L5 modic 11.L3/4 no compressive discopathy central canal or neural foraminal stenosis.
L4/5central posterior disc osteophyte protrusion indents the thecal sac and causes low grade central canal stnosis.zygoapophyseal joints are hypertrophied. nerve root exit without contact but there is contact of decending nerve roots in lateral recess bilaterally.L5/S1 shallow soft disc placment no central canal stenosis. no neural forminal narrowing.:
can you tell me what this all means and what i need to do to take the back braking pain away regards a aussie battler

Answer
Hello, Wendy,

This report indicates no neurological source of pain; your spine is in good shape, which suggests that the pain is muscular (contraction and soreness).

The phrase,

"there is contact of decending nerve roots in lateral recess bilaterally"

would indicate possible interference of movement control -- but it's the ascending nerves or nerve roots (sensory nerves) that would cause pain, if there were contact or compression.

I would direct you to my brief articles on back pain for understanding and a solution:

http://www.somatics.com/back_pain.htm
http://www.somatics.com/chronic_back_pain.htm