Thoracic spine: Central disc protrusion at T7-8 extending 8 mm in width and 5.3 mm into the thecal sac with mild mass effect on the ventral aspect of the cord. This is what my mri says. Can you guys help this 😢😢😢
My report said I have mild degeneration in t spine from t4 to 8 I also have anterior end plate changes and bulges with paracentral protrusion in all 4 levels , I have radiated rib pain would prp help ? I am located in India and know a place where they do prp and prolotherapy please gelp
Please everyone remember that this is one doctor’s opinion on how something should be treated. There are other methods that can drastically help many people. The surgery is not as common as this doctor is acting like. It is a very in-depth procedure, and so it’s a last ditch effort to alleviate symptoms. Physical therapy is used first and is very helpful. When connective tissues are acting up, regardless of the condition, strengthening the muscles around them is step number 1, and it helps a lot of people. Also, using neck braces can help tremendously as well! Also, I’d recommend watching other doctors talk about this condition. I don’t know this guy at all, but how he’s wording things shows his bias toward his own surgery, and the way he talks to us makes me feel he thinks people are way dumber than they actually are. It’s giving a glib, full of himself car salesman instead of a doctor talking to people suffering from a very severe condition. And people struggling with stuff like this just deserve better
I have a secondary thoracic cyst develop after a fall. The cyst is causing bulging discs and constant pins and needles in my mid/upper back. Is it likely the cyst will grow?
I got diagnosed with a Spinal hemangiona. My question is, do they normally do any blood work or anything to confirm it is benign? Is it easy to tell the difference between this and different tumors on a mri?
I was diagnosed with a CSF leak by a top csf specialist after my car hatch came down on my head. My leak doesn't show on imaging, which occurs in 30% of cases. After a couple of blood patches, the specialist told me to give up and accept being bedridden the rest of my life. I was devastated. Then I saw Dr. Markle at Centeno-Schultz. He is committed to finding my leak and helping me get my life back, and I couldn't be more grateful.
I was in A car accident almost a year ago. I have since then found out I have 8 disc herniations in my cervical and lumbar area. I have been telling my dr my middle back has more pain that the neck and lower back. Finally I received a MRI and I have a 3mm herniation at T5/6 and intraosseus disc from t 5/6 to T12/L1. Now the pain and spasms make sense and the loss of blather control 😩 not to mention the massive amount of numbness and tingling in both my arms. It’s gotten so bad I lose control of my hands and drop a lot of stuff
got the headaches 24/7 for over a year, had the neck pain that did the raise (had cervical disc replacement), vagus nerve problems, got the brain fog, and finally cannot go to work. The pressure just sits in my head moving all around intensifying. Somehow my throat and voice are involved in all this. and this is after surgery.
The same thing happens with me since 2 years lots of mri ct couldn’t recognise this type of symptoms and lots of headache, go through hand, numbness, and leg, numbness, back pain, and upper back pain with cognitive dysfunction
AFTER surgery??????? Considering I've been dealing with this for 16 years , finally got a diagnosis in 2017 but have been fighting for SSDI for 11 years with noone believing me, this is not what I wanted to read - may I ask who your surgeon was?
"C1/C2 post traumatic whiplash lateral ligamentous instability & cerebellar tonsillitis ectopic & C1 capsulosynovitis with severe foramen magnum stenosis, compression of the cervicomedullary junction, vertebral artery compression, cerebrospinal fluid, pulsatile craniocervical flow obstruction w/craniocervical syndrome & whiplash associated disorder. Large right central herniated cervical disc w/cord compression at c4/c5, c5/c6& c6/c7." I'm a Bobblehead🤷♀️ My DMX shows ligament damage through my entire cervical spine. CO,c1/c2 slide side to side & all others slide front to back. Tried to continue working for 2 years after the wreck but had to stop b/c of migraines/pain & the myriad of other symptoms that I'm sure you understand.
Check out curalistics page and also check out the theracane pressure point cane. Stress tension syndrome needs deep breathing and pressure points. I’ve only found relief from curalistics approach. He calls it stress tension syndrome or post concussion syndrome. Doctors will say you are fine or you have some knots in your back but it could be stress tension syndrome.
I have 3 adjacent thoracic spine hemangiomas. My vertebrae are very sensitive to touch. I have a lot of pain in the muscles next to those vertebrae. This pain has been ongoing for 1.5 years. I’m seeing 2 neurosurgeons. I’m hoping major surgery can be avoided. Could you advise on how to find the best surgeon in Sacramento? Bay Area? This is a really great video. Thank you.
@@WATCHINGTHEWATCHERS999 Chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency (CCSVI) describes a theory in which the veins in the head and neck (internal jugular and/or azygos veins and collateral venous channels) are narrowed or blocked, and therefore blood and cranial spinal fluid don't drain well from the brain.
Thank you SO much for this; it seems like there are very few uploads specifically related to the thoracic area (compared to the cervical spine or lumbar).
I have this along with herniated disk in c5-c7. I have numbness in left arm and lower legs. Neurologist said nothing she can do. Im ready to give up. The pain is unbearable and im tired of being looked at like im seeking pain pills when i cant even take them!!!
I do have nausea & back of head slight headache and neck soreness, decreased ROM. But nothing like your describing. The thing is a plain film shows degeneration of disc space. Specifically trace anterolisthesis w/o significant change in flexion & extension. No change in C spine alignment with flex/ extension. Marked disc space narrowing at C4-C5 w/ end plate degenerative changes. Moderate disc space narrowing at C5-C6 & C6-C7 levels. Mild to moderate multilevel facet arthropathy right lower cervical levels. So would SCT be a good recommendation? Fix the soft tissue/ cartilage problem & all will be better ??
I wish I could afford this. My life turned absolutely upside down from upper cervical instability and it's caused everything in my life to be so miserable and difficult and a complete personality change overnight from this. I keep praying for help 🙏🏻
It stands for Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome. It’s an umbrella term for a body of conditions that are classified as autoimmune disorders where your body doesn’t correctly make the proteins used to build connective tissues. This leads to lax ligaments and tendons, leading to countless issues. And this can afflict any connective tissue present in the body, including in the neck, like in the case of CCI being present in someone with EDS.
And I’m thinking the original commenter is talking about how, when CCI is present someone because of an injury, their condition will likely not worsen after their connective tissue heals (as the cause of CCI in that case is external, not internal). But with EDS, due to our connective tissues being made wrong-and this ability to make it will just worsen overtime (as what naturally happens with all DNA, hence aging)-our connective tissue will just continue to get more lax overtime. I don’t know if I have CCI yet, though, so I am just assuming that it acts as other complications from EDS as we age.
Get a cervical collar and start learning. No one is coming to help. I am 37, and I just diagnosed myself with hyper mobile EDS. It's hell, and braces are the only thing to reduce the pain.
@@trollsneedhugs You nailed it. Bad wreck in 2008, doctors all said I couldn't have the symptoms I have because of a neck injury. Bull Hockey! My life came to a screeching halt at 37 yrs old and it took me until 2016 to find a neurosurgeon that knew about high level CCI. Sorry state, our medical (or lack thereof) practices. If you don't have $$, noone cares or believes you in spite of MRI & DMX proof.
Yeah @trollsneedhugs is absolutely right. I just got diagnosed with EDS too and it was a hell of a fight, and now I’m fighting for relief. My advice to you is finding the right doctor, as it’s truly key to making things a lot easier. Find support in those around you and in therapy groups. Let yourself cry, scream, whatever, after each shitty appointment, and then get back up on that horse. You, more than anyone on this planet, know what you’re experiencing, and you have to trust that and advocate for yourself until you find someone to listen. And yes, braces are wonderful in the meantime! It’s not a cure, but it sure helps a lot!
Im living a freaking nightmare with this and no doctors take insurance. Im spending $4000 march 8th, traveling to arizona to get a diagnosis. Great i get a diagnosis but now completely broke and cant do treatment.
Exactly! That’s the problem with sooo many conditions! Why is it all so expensive ? This is a genuine question. I understand that the specialists involved spent years training and I understand … I haven’t got the energy to finish a message that will get no reply
Love the content but you have to work on your video editing. Does the same still ring true today in 2024? Does adding exocellular matrix along with the stem cells help as a scaffolding?
I got my PRP almost 2 weeks ago in my UCL. Still feeling a little pain when I press on it. Is this normal and when should I feel total relief? (Fully healed)
3:44 hi Very informative and good video. As per mri Hemangioma seen L1 vertebrae . Facing pain in thigh and leg( left leg) Also in mri disc bulge in L1, 3,2,4,5 S1 indenting and abuting bilateral existing nerve root. Ligamentum flavum hypertrophy seen multiple levels. Please advise. Is this tumor
The symptoms of CCI overlap with many other neurological disorders. I would keep searching, make a list of disorders and underline the ones that make the most sense. Cross off the ones that don't make sense. I've had a spinal CSF leak, and now I learn I have CCI, IIH, and all sorts of issues duet to my faulty connective tissue. Look into ehlers danlos subtypes!
@@Annwutsfar Thank you for the reply. Some of my symptoms are: tremors in both hands, muscle fatigue, headaches, vision disturbances, muffled and ringing in the ears. I've been to several specialist, including ear doctors, neurologist and Orthopedist. I've had my hearing tested, my brain, spine, sinus scanned. Yet, they couldn't find the problem but they ruled out MS, ALS, herniated disc, Meniere Syndrome and many other conditions. The feeling of hopelessness just increases day by day.
I have a shoulder labral tear and a cyst on spinoglenoid notch and measures approximately 1.5 X 1.4 x 1.3 Cm. I was given a cortisone shot for pain and it has relived 95% of the pain, but the cyst is definitely pressing up on my nerve cashing severe pain when i didn't have cortisone. Doc suggested shoulder surgery but i cant do that RIGHT now. seeking to try Ultrasound-guided cyst aspiration... then we can talk surgery but i'm cannot do surgery right now. I'd liek to try PRP before full fledge surgery. thoughts?
Sooo, i have several radiate ligaments on both sides of the spine that are VERY weak and basically with any movement no matter how slight or rough I move, even breathing and my ribs will, I call it "slip out of position" (but I know that's what it's called for the bottom rib not connected in the font, not sure if it's the same for the any other ribs, lol.) But, they do end up out of position and I'll put it back in and literally within a few minutes, it falls back out or one of the other ones go out. The ligaments are that weak. I'm not sure if a "subluxation" and a "slipped rib" are the same thing and happen because of those same ligaments or not. But I don't know what my options are. I have been to chiropractors and doctors over the last 10-15 years and I have been through the whole "trial and error" process of doing all of the recommended stretches, physical therapy, and all that stuff they recommend multiple times and made no progress at all to the point where I totally gave up on seeking help to fix the issues. It has only gotten worse and now I have to start at the very beginning but I don't want to waste any more time going through the "trial and error" process with the stretching and physical therapy and all that stuff. I've been through it multiple times and surgery is the only option I haven't done. How can I talk to my physician and tell him I don't want to waste any more time with all the stretches and adjustments and therapy and just want to go straight to surgery? It's my last and only option that gives me a tiny bit of hope to have this issue fixed. I DO NOT want to have surgery and that's why I've been through the process multiple times over the last 10-15 years because I just gave up and tried to live with it because I didn't want to have surgery. I still don't but it's my only option. How to I tell him I just want to go straight into surgery?
I had my first MRI on my back in 2018 due to pain. Found mutiple hemangiomas on the vertebrae from T1 all the way down to L1, L2, L3, and the sacum. Some were larger than others. Each year the MRI showed them growing and spreading. I finally had radiation through my abdomen to my lower spine because of increased pain and decreased mobility. The radiation was through the abdomen. I didn't follow through with all the 21 treatments due to the side effects. 5 months later, because of liver issues due to NAFLD, I had a biopsy done and now have radiation induced liver cirrhosis/NASH with Fibrosis 2 and 3. Why do hemangiomas spread down the vertebrae, and why do they grown in size? I was told that they can even cause the vertebrae to collapse and if broken pieces enter the spinal cord, one could have greater harm? Your video has been the most information so far since I have been researching. Doctors tell patients that hemangiomas don't cause pain. The Facebook Support groups I beong to, all have issues and upset what their doctors are telling them. I am a retired Registered Nurse. Because now I have DDD and other vertebrae issues from C-spine all the way to iliac crest now, my neurosurgeon states there is nothing that can be done and something I have to live with. Thanks for reading my post.
