Question
I just had a mri and the conclusion is posterior bulge with small midline protrusion of the disc at c5-6. Minor degenerative signal loss in the disc from c2-c7. no encroachment on nerural elements.  I am 33 and have had neck problems since 17 and they have been getting worse that is why I had an mri. what does this mean exactly. please help

Answer
Angela:

Thanks for writing!

This means that the little cushion between you neck bones is flattened out and is bulging backward. When it bulges backward, it tends to touch the spinal cord. This will give a lot of pain and can cause a problem anywhere in the body from there down.

When this is occuring, the entire spinal cord and spinal bones are out of shape, from your nose to your toes. The best solution that I know of is to get to a good chiropractor and get the spine aligned. Go to www. sorsi.com, www.icak.com or www.soto-usa.com and find a good chiropractor near you. The chiropractors on these websites are specially traied to get to the root of this problem and correct it quickly and easily.


There is a home exercise you can do that will help this. And it is this.
Standing or laying on your back, keep your face stright forward. Do not tilt the chin down or up. If you are lying on your back, move the face toward the ceiling is such a way that if it touched the ceiling, your face would be flat on the ceiling. If you are standing, move it straight forward in such a way that your forehead and chin would touch the wall in front of you at the same time. It has to go straight forward.
Holding that position, move your chin in a figure eight pattern. Imagine the wall is a piece of paper. You have a pencil sticking straight out from your chin. Use the tip of the pencil to write a "8" laying on its side.

When done correctly, the neck will then make a crunching noise at the base of the skull. This is good. It will help your neck. It might not take the crunching sound out right away, but it will ensure that no damage is done and in fact will correct the problem if one persists in using it.

Does this answer you question?

If not, go to www.sorsi.com, www.icak.com and www.soto-usa.com and look for a good chiropractor near you. They can go over the exercise with you. It if from Dr. DeJarnette's writing.

Dr. Rozeboom