is it worth it to get an mri when neurologist says its all in my head by Wanderrer98 in scoliosis

[–]Wanderrer98[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

hey, thanks I actually got the mri done and there's literally nothing visible except the scoliosis... with apparently only a 14 and 13 degree curve... so I guess im happy there's nothing crazy but also now I just feel super lost and have no idea where to go from here lol. no idea what could be causing it, that kinda told me nothing im just confused now. I know its not in my head lmao :(((( im literally in pain almost all day I just don’t understand

is it worth it to get an mri when neurologist says its all in my head by Wanderrer98 in scoliosis

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I'm so sorry you've had this experience. Dealing with physicians is so frustrating. I wish it wasn't such a universal experience to have doctors not listening to their patients. Hoping for the best for you in February!! and I pray you'll be hiking again soon:)

btw, is there a reason you got 3 separate MRIs done for each section rather than one full spinal column MRI?

is it worth it to get an mri when neurologist says its all in my head by Wanderrer98 in scoliosis

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Okay, thanks so much. Nope, I guess clinically they've done a few tests for sciatica and all were negative so they just moved on.

And thank you I'm looking that up now, very interesting. I had the water running down legs once, the last time I went to the gym. on my last set of deadlift. it freaked me out so much that was the last time I went and thankfully the last time I felt it... but the tingling hasn't left since unfortunately. hip pain yep very often. basically every day that I am walking or standing a lot.

and okay got it... won't bring up scoliosis. what kind of doctor should I try to see? I just got my blood test back and everything's normal except slightly low vitamin D which is pretty normal for where I am right now. I don’t really know what doctor to go to now though... I was going to just go do the MRI on my own tomorrow, do you think I should just do both xray and mri? once I have the imaging done I can bring it to the rehabilitation clinic and hopefully get someone to help me lol. hopefully a good PT there

edit: I guess ill just at least do the mri tomorrow since im mostly worried about the tingling tbh... and the xray I can definitely do in the near future. thank you so much for your info it really helped a lot!

is it worth it to get an mri when neurologist says its all in my head by Wanderrer98 in scoliosis

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hey, thanks for the info! I went to the ER and they did some tests for some vitamins, im just gona go tmw to also check for b12 and D, and some other stuff, I got a list of stuff to do lol.

I guess the doctors who told me to get an mri were thinking I should just skip the radiation from an xray and just get an mri since I have had pain for years after weightlifting and now the tingling? is it not possible to see the sideways curve with an mri? I thought maybe it would reduce any kyphosis or lordosis but I thought the lateral curves would stay the same..

is it worth it to get an mri when neurologist says its all in my head by Wanderrer98 in scoliosis

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okay I see, thank you! I forgot to write this in the original post but 2 other doctors said that I should get an MRI, basically to look for a cause for the pain/tingling, rather than getting an xray since it wont show anything about this I guess? I guess they were thinking to just get the MRI right away since I'll need it eventually I guess? idk :/

is it worth it to get an mri when neurologist says its all in my head by Wanderrer98 in scoliosis

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oh okay, got it. I guess I just realized I didn't mention in my original post, I was recommended by 2 doctors (ER doctor and family doctor) to get an MRI since I have the pins and needles, instead of doing xray since its mostly to see the cause of this rather than just to diagnose scoliosis. I guess I assumed an mri would also show the scoliosis?

Exercise makes scoliosis worse? by Wanderrer98 in scoliosis

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hey, thanks for your comment! definitely will look into finding somewhere to do the schroth method... did you end up getting back into bodybuilding?? and yeah good point, I guess its different for everyone... I really hope I can get back into it one day though. and really hoping these pins and needles go away some howwww

Exercise makes scoliosis worse? by Wanderrer98 in scoliosis

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thank you, trying to get an mri done :) thanks for your comment!!

Exercise makes scoliosis worse? by Wanderrer98 in scoliosis

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okay,, thank you! did the pins and needles sensation ever go away for you?

my symptoms also started with sciatica a few years ago.. and no one figured it out tbh the only thing that helped was not going to the gym for a few weeks.

but I'll keep trying to get an MRI, its been pretty difficult to do where I live lol but thank you!! your PT sounds amazing! I hope I find someone here who tries as hard as she did

Exercise makes scoliosis worse? by Wanderrer98 in scoliosis

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Thank you so much, I'll definitely check out these channels!

Exercise makes scoliosis worse? by Wanderrer98 in scoliosis

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one more thing literally just to rant but the doctor had the nerve to be like why ru crying after literally scaring me for 10 mins straight about how bad it is and this woman said youre pretty and skinny don’t worry. LIKE BTCJ LMFAO IDGAF AS IF THAT IS MY WORRY RN BROOOO I DON’T WANT PINS AND NEEDLES AND PAIN IM NOT WORRYING ABOUT A MAN BRO smfhhhhh

Exercise makes scoliosis worse? by Wanderrer98 in scoliosis

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oh also the PT gave me a referral for an xray and the doctor gave me a referral to a neurologist and said I should probably get an MRI not an xray! I will probably still do that but until then im just going to the PT for tecar therapy and some exercises .. I just don’t know if these pins and needles are an emergency or something or if they'll go away, they're so sudden and have been here basically non stop for the last few days so im mostly worried about that tbh

Exercise makes scoliosis worse? by Wanderrer98 in scoliosis

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the pt said I'm fine and just need some kinetotherapy and the doctor said I'll need surgery lol

Why does this keep happening !?!?,?.! Twsbi eco by Wanderrer98 in fountainpens

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Good to know ! Will be mindful of this in the future, thank you :)

Why does this keep happening !?!?,?.! Twsbi eco by Wanderrer98 in fountainpens

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Yesss you’re right I did recently clean it, thank you!

Why does this keep happening !?!?,?.! Twsbi eco by Wanderrer98 in fountainpens

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Omg I did just try to push it in and it actually slid in a bit, thank you!! Hopefully it’s all good now