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Herniated disk on l5 and have dull achy pain on legs especially knees. mri showed nerve not pinched but touching disc. have done physical therapy ?

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Specializes in Orthopedic Spine Surgery

Incidental finding: Disc is an incidental finding that doesn't correlate clinically to your target symptoms, should be ignored better to look for another diagnosis a diagnostic injection can confirm generalized leg and knee ache atypical description for an L5 radiculopathy

Answered 10/2/2016

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A member asked:

Herniated disk on l5 and have dull achy pain on legs especially knees. mri showed nerve not pinched but touching disc. have done physical therapy ?

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Dr. Mark Weston answered

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