If your not symptommatic, I wouldn't be too concerned!!! Don't worry about fixing what isn't broken at this time is my suggestion:)
Sorry Thamsoon,
I've never had a slipped disc so I don't know how far to go with you. I would say that from my back issues I've learned you're probably young enough to recover. I was told to not strain my back so don't lift anything heavy, always be active, yoga, running, is good, weight lifting fast quick motions like that aren't. I did physical therapy for about a year, and have kept it up intermittently on my own. I can only tell you from my experience that has helped me, but I never had a slipped disc.
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DP7
i suffered from SLIPPED DISC RECENTLY!!! Any suggestion and successful example, I am 15 years old now and just went for MRI. thanks for reply~ PLEASE
No, I don't have any additional thoughts with regard to your activity level, seems like you have everything pretty well covered. I wish you continued good health.
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Thanks so much for the response it really helps me to understand my issues. To answer your first question I was able to feel it for some time before the MRI. I had another doctor look at it 2-3 years back and he said something similar don't worry about it unless it bothers you. Over the past three years most of the time it doesn't bother me, but somehow every now and again it seems to get inflamed and that's when I worry that it could be getting bigger or worse with time. My doctor didn't say anything about it growing, neither the one three years ago or the most recent one. Although I would love to do something, anything before surgery to shrink it or attempt to get rid of it. I also appreciate your information about the other issues in my back. They've been there for some time and mostly gone away, no pain there, but maybe some occasional aching you know? I've been told many times that I need to stay active and I've always been a very active person exercising appx. 4 times a week for the past 12 years. In the last four or five years I've tried to introduce more yoga into my routine which seems to help as well. Any other thoughts for me to address this better?
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DP7
I'm confused about the purpose of having this most recent MRI, were you able to feel this lump prior to this scan?
I can understand you concern about the lipoma, the 1st consideration would be whether or not it’s causing any symptoms, and from your post I gather that it isn’t. Your MRI states that it’s causing moderate canal narrowing. Did your Doctor say anything about this thing possibly growing? If I was you, I’d get a few more opinions on this, you’d be crazy to have surgery if it’s not causing any problems. But on the chance that it might in the future, you need to explore all your options so you’ll be prepared.
As far as the rest of the MRI, you have a few issues there, but with the absence of pain there’s nothing to correlate the findings too, you're lucky. It’s not usually for MRI’s to show disc bulges and changes in people that have absolutely no symptoms what so ever and visa versa. The best way to take care of your back is to remain active and maybe spend some time in a structured Physical Therapy setting if you feel the need.
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