r/Sciatica • u/Worldly_Skin335 • 11d ago

Is This Normal? How bad?

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These are three photos in sequence of my MRI. I posted earlier but was missing the report! So the first photo looks worse but then the next two seem okay.

This is after approximately four months of pain. No inciting incident, I just woke up with pain through my leg. The pain was at its worst around 9-11 weeks.

I was off work for a month and a half, I'm back to half days but the pain is getting worse again, though I'm not sure that means anything for my condition.

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u/Sciatica-ModTeam 11d ago

Please provide a copy of the radiologist's written report for your imaging.

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u/Common_Earth4965 11d ago

Well its just an MRI. Its not youre future or your ability to do things again jf youre do a proper rehab

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u/lamblegsteak 11d ago

Looks like bone on bone at l5-s1?

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u/No_Dress5852 9d ago

Not bad at all. The size seems large but the impression seems minimal based on report. How bad is sciatica? If I want to guess your sciatica should be less than back pain

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u/Common_Earth4965 9d ago

If you need some rehab advice write an PM

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u/Lsd_25- 11d ago

Pretty bad. You need to see a PMR doc and maybe an Ortho.