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I had an mri of my lumbar back and it came back normal. does that mean my pain is not related to the sciatic nerve? would an mri show sciatic pain?
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Sure it's Sciatic?: The best place to image for sciatic nerve is the sacral spine which is right under the lumbar spine and pelvis
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Maybe.: MRI (and in fact any imaging study) does not show pain. Images show anatomy. Takes a good physician to interpret your symptoms and correlate with the pictures. Your pain may or may not be related to the sciatic nerve.
Answered 6/10/2014
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