Question 1

is straightening of normal cervical lordosis normal after a bad car accident?

Accepted Answer

Often: The normal curvature of the cervical spine is often straightened or even reversed in muscle strain / sprain of the neck region.

Question 2

c spine mri results normal?: there is straightening of the normal lordosis. disc signal is decreased on t2-weighted images at c5-6 due to disc degeneration. adenoidal and tonsillar hypertrophy is present. no masses are identified.

Accepted Answer

Spasm: straightening of the normal lordosis .is caused by muscle spasm
you have chronic osteoarthritic changes in the spine that triggering the pain and initiating a domino of muscle spasm in the back.
use heat pad, take ibuprofen, ask your doctor for muscle relaxant medication.
use back stretching exercise that you can find at any medical site, or you can Google it.

Question 3

what is straightening of the normal cervical lordosis?

Accepted Answer

Strain: The segment of spine in your neck normally has a curve.  When your muscles tighten due to a strain or injury then the spine straightens or loses the normal curve

Question 4

so is it a concerning thing if there is straightening of my normal lumbar lordosis?

Accepted Answer

Not necessarily: Straightening of the lumbar curve can occur if your xrays are done lying down so you need to consider how they were done.
Straightening may be temporary from muscle spasm.
If there is concern about "sagittal imbalance" or other structural abnormality of the spine, you would have to get standard scoliosis series to look at all segments of the spine while standing.

Question 5

what does straightening of the normal lumbar lordosis mean?

Accepted Answer

Less back curve: The normall backward curve of your low back is  straighter than usual it generally believed to be a sign of muscular spasm barring other pathologic conditions, it is a nonspecific incidental  xray finding this shape can be found in the asymptomatic and the  symptomatic.

Question 6

my lower lumbar mri spine without contrast says on the impression part. 1. straightening of the normal lumbar lordosis. 2. l5-s1 diffuse disc bulging with endplate osteophytes abutting the dural sac in the central canal and bilateral l5 nerve roots in the

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Age appropriate deg: Age appropriate degeneration not always a symptom generator 30% chance these are asymptomatic incidental findings need to correlate with clinical symptoms

Question 7

can someone explain what this means? from mri -  straightening and mild reversal of the normal cervical lordosis at c4. ?

Accepted Answer

: In a normal x-ray/CT/MRI of the neck a gradual curve from the back of the head to the back. After a stressful event causes the neck muscles to tighten, the curve is less. By itself it is just the radiologist describing a finding that differs from a relaxed patient.  Radiologists get fussed at if they just say "straightening of the neck or normal variant" .

Question 8

my x-ray report says "slight reversal of the normal cervical lordosis at c4 and c5" what kind of injury is this? i know it's "straightening"

Accepted Answer

Muscle spasm: Muscle spasm pulls the cervical spin out of its normal curvature. Massage, physical therapy, exercises, manipulation, acupuncture, or medications may help.

Question 9

normal? mild straightening normal cervical lordosis maybe positional. minimal grade 1 anterolisthesis c3 on c4 and c4 on c5 minimal grade 1 retrolisthesis of c5 on c6. degenerative change disc ridge complexes c4-5 and c5-6. dens intact. no fracture.

Accepted Answer

Degenerative  disc: This is degenerative  disc but you may need an MRI of the cervical spine depending on your symptoms. You could ask your physician to help clarify.

Question 10

what would cause tingling in the arms, neck, and fingers. had a normal brain mri and neck mri, the neck mri only showed a straightening of the lordosis and a hemangioma at the c6. what else is left?

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Neuropathy: neuropathy..  may need an emg with nerve conduction testing.   see your physician.

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Is straightening of normal cervical lordosis normal after a bad car accident?

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C spine mri results normal?: there is straightening of the normal lordosis. disc signal is decreased on t2-weighted images at c5-6 due to disc degeneration. adenoidal and tonsillar hypertrophy is present. no masses are identified.

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What is straightening of the normal cervical lordosis?

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So is it a concerning thing if there is straightening of my normal lumbar lordosis?

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What does straightening of the normal lumbar lordosis mean?

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My lower lumbar mri spine without contrast says on the impression part. 1. straightening of the normal lumbar lordosis. 2. l5-s1 diffuse disc bulging with endplate osteophytes abutting the dural sac in the central canal and bilateral l5 nerve roots in the

A member asked:

Can someone explain what this means? from mri - straightening and mild reversal of the normal cervical lordosis at c4. ?

A member asked:

My x-ray report says "slight reversal of the normal cervical lordosis at c4 and c5" what kind of injury is this? i know it's "straightening"

A member asked:

Normal? mild straightening normal cervical lordosis maybe positional. minimal grade 1 anterolisthesis c3 on c4 and c4 on c5 minimal grade 1 retrolisthesis of c5 on c6. degenerative change disc ridge complexes c4-5 and c5-6. dens intact. no fracture.

A member asked:

What would cause tingling in the arms, neck, and fingers. had a normal brain mri and neck mri, the neck mri only showed a straightening of the lordosis and a hemangioma at the c6. what else is left?

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