Currently, i am having severe lower bank pain, left leg pain radiating to the knee, injury from heavy lifting and motor vehicle accident approximately three years ago.
I just received my MRI results. Observation: Vertebral alignment is normal. The lower spinal cord is normal terminating at L1. At L4-5, there is disk desiccation with mild broad-based disk protrusion with bright signal. At L5-S1, there is disk narrowing, disk desiccation, discogenic changes in the bone marrow of the adjacent vertebral endplates, mild broad based disk bulging, and bright signal intensity in the annulus of T2 weighted imaging consistent with annual tear. Impression: Degenerative disk disease.
Based on this information what does this mean and what would be the proper care and alternative approaches.