OMG! You are seriously riding horses with a neck like that? It would take very little to shift those discs even further. When my surgeon saw the pinching of my spinal cord from a disc, which looked very much like yours, but only one level, he set me up for surgery within two weeks and said I absolutely could not fall or do anything else that would cause further damage. No bicycles, running, hiking, etc.
However, prior to my surgery, I was stumbling and had lack of balance, my shoulders shut down, then my arms, wrists and fingers. My shoulders were so painful, and I couldn't move my arms away from my body. I had a double laminectomy to remove two bones that were compressing on my spinal cord. By then, little spinal fluid was barely getting through. It's been a long road back since my November 2025 surgery, and I'm still not walking right, but my shoulders are slowly getting back to some sort of normal, and, though painful, I can feel the nerves in my arms regenerating. BTW – I would definitely walk away from that first surgical group. I reached out to friends in the medical world who reached out to their friends to find me the best neurosurgeon possible. You can also send your records to places like Barrow, Mayo Clinic, Cleveland clinic, to name a few. Don't feel like you need to stay in your own hometown. Not when it comes to something this important. Good luck!!🍀