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low back and leg pain

I have low back pain and right pain in my buttocks and down my leg ,chronic pain every day. I can only stand for about 5 minutes and I'm down in my back.  I had an MRI done last week and my results showed that i had concentric  disc bulging with a small central disc protrusion.  Bilateral neural foramen narrowing is present due to the concentric disc bulging and facet hypertrophy.  There is no spinal stenosis.  L5-S1:There is concentric disc bulging with abroad-based central disc extrusion. The extrusion is slightly greater to the right of the midline.  Bilateral neural foramen narrowing is present, greater on the right.  There is narrowing of the right lateral recess with impingement on the L5 and S1 nerve root here.  There is no paravertebral mass.  
Impression:1.  Right paracentral disc extrusion at L5-S1 with nerve root impingement here.
                 2.  Concentric disc bulge and small central disc protrusion at L4-L5


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Hi, well you can try physiotherapy which includes hot compressions (diathermy) and tractions; this could help with your movement related pain.  

Physiotherapy along with pain killers can delay surgery but when the pain goes uncontrollable and interferes with your routine work, surgery is the only alternative.
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Is there any treatment for me without surgery, i have no nerve damages.  I just have difficulty standing and walking for a period of 5 minutes, and alot of pain down my right leg 24 hours a day,  Please help
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