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Bones, Joints & Muscles | Last Active: 4 days ago | Replies (6)
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Did you get an MRI of your cervical spine? Did you read the results in detail? Are you working with an orthopedic spine specialist and neurologist? Did you get an EMG/nerve conduction study of your upper limbs?
I had neck and shoulder/shoulder blade pain and knots with daily headaches plus radiating pain in arms and chest. It ended up being tied to my cervical spine and bone spurs/disc bulge compressing spinal cord and nerve roots. I had ACDF surgery on c5-c6 and it helped relieve the symptoms.
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I did go to an orthopedic spine specialist who told me he didn't see anything wrong. I don't have a full MRI of my cervical spine, but a whole body scan image that apparently showed enough of my cervical spine that he didn't think a new one was necessary. He sent me to an orthopedic shoulder specialist who also didn't see anything wrong with my shoulder, aside from tight muscles around my shoulder blade and sent me to PT. I generally don't have neck pain though, and none of the physical tests where they bend your neck different ways caused pain, so I think no one has felt the need to send me back for a better MRI of my cervical spine.