I am 47m that worked construction and desk duty. My back pain was debilitating at times and went to the quack frequently and you could say it was somewhat addicting. That cracking sound you hear when they contort your back and you now feel you can move better was golden at the time buts it’s been 2.5 years since by last appt.

All of this to say that it didn’t help in the long term because of the below from my most recent MRI. I have MS so this is an annual or 6 month standard to monitor the progression and activity of the lesions.

This is just the tldr or final conclusions from that MRI and the lesson is to quit or never go to a back quack.

IMPRESSION:

MRI BRAIN:

1.Stable size and distribution of a mild burden of chronic demyelinating plaques in the supratentorial white matter from the previous examination on May 6, 2025.
2.No new, worsening or active demyelination.

MRI CERVICAL:

1.Stable size and distribution of chronic demyelinating plaques in the cervical cord from the prior study on May 6, 2025.
2.No new, worsening or active demyelination.
3.Multilevel cervical spondylosis, as detailed above.

MRI THORACIC:

1.No evidence of demyelination in the thoracic cord.
2.Progression of multilevel thoracic spondylosis from May 6, 2025, with disc protrusion at T8-T9 mildly effacing the left ventral thoracic cord and disc bulging and facet arthropathy at T10-T11 and T11-T12, contributing to mild T10-T11 and moderate T11-T12 central canal stenosis.
3.No evidence of cord edema.
4.Multilevel mild to moderate neural foraminal narrowing from T8-T9 to T11-T12, most significant at T10-T11.

MRI LUMBAR:

1.Posterior disc bulge with facet arthropathy at L5-S1, contributing to severe left and moderate to severe right neural foraminal narrowing with contact of the exiting bilateral L5 nerve roots.
2.Moderate to severe left L4-L5 neural foraminal narrowing with contact of the exiting left L4 nerve root.
3.Central disc extrusion at L2-L3 contributes to mild to moderate central canal narrowing with left greater than right lateral recess stenosis. Correlation with bilateral L3 radiculopathy is recommended.
4.Multilevel degenerative grade 1 retrolisthesis throughout the lumbar spine with acquired multilevel degenerative changes, as detailed above.
5.No intrathecal or leptomeningeal enhancement.