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I just found the response from my PCP. Any thoughts?

You are jumping a few steps ahead with your request to see an ortho surgeon to discuss about foraminal stenosis in the neck spine. First and foremost, Kaiser ortho and local ortho do not see any issue with spines so a referral to ortho would be incorrect referral and waste of your time. The cause of cervical foraminal stenosis is osteoarthritis, which is evident on your neck spine X-rays. The more accurate question you may be asking is that is this foraminal stenosis (narrowing) causes any impression on the associated nerve root and correlates with your pain. In order to assess this further, then we need to order cervical spine MRI next. Cervical spine MRI is needed to determine which service within Kaiser Spine Program is most appropriate to address your pain. Therefore, I have ordered a neck spine MRI for you to determine if there is nerve root involvement. If no nerve root involvement, then there is no good option that Kaiser Spine Program can offer you.