Anyone with whiplash injury?

My neck MRI. Dotors say it is pretty normal for my age. So I guess pain is all muscular and in tissues.

EXAM: MRI CERV SPINE WO CONT

History: Cervical radiculopathy

INDICATION: . Cervical radiculopathy



COMPARISON: None



TECHNIQUE: MR imaging of the cervical spine was performed using the following

sequences: sagittal T1, T2, STIR; axial T2, T1.



CONTRAST: None.



FINDINGS:



There is normal alignment of the cervical spine. Vertebral body heights are

maintained. Marrow signal is normal. Trace sphenoid sinus disease.



The craniocervical junction is intact. The course, caliber, and signal intensity

of the spinal cord are normal.



The paraspinal soft tissues are within normal limits.



C2-C3: No herniation or stenosis.



C3-C4: No herniation or stenosis.



C4-C5: Disc desiccation. Minimal facet arthropathy. Canal and foramina are

patent.



C5-C6: Minimal facet arthropathy. Disc desiccation and disc bulge. Canal is

patent. Foramina are patent.



C6-C7: Disc desiccation. Mild central protrusion. Canal is patent. Foramina are

patent

C7-T1: No herniation or stenosis.



There is no Chiari or syrinx. Major cervical vasculature is grossly

unremarkable.



IMPRESSION

IMPRESSION:

Mild multilevel disc degenerative change.



There is no significant canal or foraminal cup or mass

 

I am 32. I hope by 2022 I am pain free. I have no choice but to stay patient and calm and focus on walking 5 miles a day and my physical therapy exercizes. I just quit tobacco. I used to smoke, then tobacco snus and now I have quit all of them. Health is wealth, now I know. This innury changed me, nothing like good health.

 

Did you fully recover? Do people recover fully from whiplash or it stays for the rest of the life? If it stays, then I am screwed. It will be a long painful life

 

Thank you sir. I will try to stay active. 5 miles of walk a day is something that I won't comprise on, ever! If I recover 85% from this and some pain once in a while, then I am fine with that. Shoulder blades don't hurt now, that'a a good sign. Top of my shoulders have recovered like 70%. The only thing that is killing me right now are the two spots in the side of upper neck, just below my ears. It feels tight. It feels like something is stuck there. I am going for massage these days. Trigger point injections are a joke, they didnt work a tiny bit.

 

I also wear a brace to have a good posture. It helped my shoulders recover.