59 year old female weighing 98kilos height 1mt 74cmI already had a discectomy of L5-S1 performed in 2008.I just had anther MRI of the Lumbar/sacral result is At level L4/5 there is a large central disc hernation witChatDoctorpression of the thecal sac and the L5 nerve root.what should I do?
Well, you need to do nothing necessarily unless you're having symptoms of back/leg pain with radiating symptoms or paresthesia in the feet, or if you're tripping/stumbling or unable to raise the feet.  Your doctor who ordered the test should be the one to help you interpret and point you in the right direction whether physical therapy vs. other specialty consultation should be necessary.  If you're not having ANY SYMPTOMS whatever that or new or progressing then, the findings of the MRI are taken as incidental findings and need not be acted on.  40% of individuals who have NO SYMPTOMS of back pain, leg pain, or other problems usually attributed to disk herniation, compressions of the thecal sac, etc. can have MRIs that show all these things.  Neither patients nor doctors need reflex act to do anything invasive or Chat Doctor.  Please rate with 5 stars on exit and write me at