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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I've had degenerative changes come up on a back MRI before too but otherwise normal and no one addressed the degenerative part. what does that actually mean and do I need to do something to mitigate further degeneration or is it a normal part of aging for 40+?[/quote]

I'm 51 and had an episode of acute back pain and then sciatica for months earlier this year due to a degenerating/herniated disc. I think it was aggravated because I started a full time WFH desk job, sitting in a crappy chair, and at the same time I really reduced my exercise (before the job I'd been going to orange theory 4-5 times a week)and my core strength went to crap. Lesson learned.

Steroids, PT and time helped. Towards the end of my PT I went to Pilates and that was beneficial too and my PT approved. I had to do 6 weeks of PT before my insurance would cover the MRI.  My physical therapist said something like that if you looked at the spines of 100 adults about a third would have spinal issues but then only a third of those have symptoms. [/quote]

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