nick
this statement is untrue "My L-5 is slowly moving forward due to the loss of disc height"
the only way any vertebra can move forward is from ligamnet instability or fracture. the vertebrae are locked into each other via the facet joints. more than likely you may have a pars fracture at L5 if it is moving forward.
get more opinions.
i don't know everything but in 15 years looking at backs all day i can say that the above quote is not true.
lee
my verbiage is probably not correct...
I will look at my MRI's and make sure I got it right...
L 1-2 migrating extruded disc fragment producing impingement and posterior displacement of the left L-1 nerve root as it traverses the left lateral recess superiorly and enters the left neural foremen
L 2-3 tiny posterior central superiorly migrating extruded disc fragment superimposed upon a mild posterior disc bulge. Mild stenosis of the canal and lateral recess
L 3-4 subtle left lateral disc bulge
L 4-5 Mild left post lateral and forminal disc bulge protruding mild stenosis with out definite nerve root impingement
L 5-S-1 Degenerative disc disease w/ small posterior central and left paracentral disc heriation
