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What does it mean when you have mild narrowing of the L4-5 intervertebral disc?
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∙ 9y ago
In laymen's terms it means your disc are thinning and being compressed (squashed) by your vertebrae. This is a normal occurence as we age. Sometimes it can be due to a traumatic injury. Some people may experience some pain, while others never do. Most symptoms can be relieved by losing weight, seeing a good phyical therapist and consistently doing the exercises they prescribe. Many people also find relief doing inversion therapy (hanging upside down) as this stretches out the spine and relieves the pressure between the disc and vertebrae. In most people taking an anti-inflammatory such Motrin and using ice packs along with these conservative treatments will provide adequate relief.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 9y agoYou have a disc between your vertebrae. Due to aging or disuse or misuse of the vertebral column, the disc may get narrowed. L4-5 means lumber vertebrae 4 and 5. That is lower back. This finding can be seen in MRI of the spine.
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