Question
Hi,
Upon a chief complaint of numbness and pain on hands after normal NCV/EMG , I had an MRI of the c-spine which results were as follows:
"At the c2-3 level there is a disc bulge without focal herniation or osteophyte formation. No central of foraminal stenosis is demostrated.
At the c3-4 level, there is a broad based disk ridge complex with significant compression or stenosis.
At the C4-5 level there is a left paracentral disk herniation with mild flattening of the ventral aspect of the cord. Thre is no foraminal compromise.
At the c5-6 level. there is a broad based central and left sided disk herniation with flattening of the cord. there is left sided uncovertebral osteophyte formatiom with mild left foraminal stenosis. No significant right foraminal compromise is demostrated.
At the C6-7 level there is central and slightly right sided disk herniation with compression of the thecal sac but no compresion of the cord. there is mild left foraminal compromise without significant central or right foraminal compromise secondary to uncovertebral osteophyte formation.
How bad is this?
Can all this explain the numbness and pain in arms and fingers?
Could this explain twitching of my back arm and leg muscles?
Any comments are really appreciated. Thank you.  

Answer
Lina:

Thanks for writing!

How bad this is depends on whether one has a solution for it or not. Without a non invasive solution, it would require surgeries. With an effective solution, it could be handled.

Has surgery been recomended to you? If you can tolerate the pain, frequently surgery is delayed until it "gets better on its own" or it gets so bad the patient has to have surgery.

Yes, this would relate directly to numbness and pain in arms and fingers and muscle twitching of back, arm and legs. The effect of this could go just about anywhere in the body.

I suggest you to to www.sorsi.com, www.soto-usa.com or www.icak.com and find a good chiropractor near you. This situation involves your whole spine and pelvis and requires a number of different solution, adjustments, nutrition, exercise, therapy, etc.

Recent research shows that a devise called the Posture Pump can safely, easily and quickly correct problems such as this. Whether or not it would work for you depends on what the chiropractor finds. Conservative treatment such as the Posture Pump and adjustments would always be tried first.

Does this answer your questions?

Dr. Rozeboom