I was given an x-ray on my cervical spine. The diagnosis was "There is mild levoscoliotic deformity of the cervical spine. Degenerative changes are evident at C5-6 level with dimunution of the disk space, endplate sclerosis and osteophyte formation. Lateral osteophytes are seen encroaching upon neuroforamina bilaterally at this level."
What does "mild levoscoliotic deformity of the cervical spine" mean?
What is endplate sclerosis and osteophyte formation?
What does "lateral osteophytes are seen encroaching upon neuroforamina bilaterally" mean in common English?
In the final report they set apart a section entitled IMPRESSION: and this is what it said:
"Degenerative changes at C5-6 level with lateral osteophytes seen encroaching upon neuroforamina bilaterally."
What does this mean?
Specifically, what does the words neruoforamina bilaterally mean?
What would help this situation?