[lyndy]

#10143

Hi Dr Corenman
Firstly thank you for replying to my question
I was looking at Fonar’s own research and they make both prone and standing MRI’s so that is why I thought the data would be correct as I didn’t think they would have any reason to skew the results.

[Donald Corenman, MD, DC]

#10153

Fonar’s own research is a little “self serving”. I do not endorse their technology due to the relatively poor images they generate.

Dr. Corenman

PLEASE REMEMBER, THIS FORUM IS MEANT TO PROVIDE GENERAL INFORMATION ON SPINE ANATOMY, CONDITIONS AND TREATMENTS. TO GET AN ACCURATE DIAGNOSIS, YOU MUST VISIT A QUALIFIED PROFESSIONAL IN PERSON.
 
Donald Corenman, MD, DC is a highly-regarded spine surgeon, considered an expert in the area of neck and back pain. Trained as both a Medical Doctor and Doctor of Chiropractic, Dr. Corenman earned academic appointments as Clinical Assistant Professor and Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, and his research on spine surgery and rehabilitation has resulted in the publication of multiple peer-reviewed articles and two books.

[lyndy]

#10160

Thank you again Dr Corenman. I cannot understand why the following injury was not diagnosed. My T5 was 80% crushed to the right – therefore my T4 was slipping out of place as there was only 20 % of my T5 on my right side.

After 8 years a physiotherapist diagnosed what was happening and corrected my T4, my shoulder and scapular into the correct mechanical position .

This resulted in instant pain relief after 8 years of continuous intractable pain.

i am not in the US. What really puzzles me is why not one of the myriad of specialists could see that my T5 was 80% crushed to the right.

I spent around $30,000 on myriads of tests, pain clinics, specialists, eastern and western medicine – had to give up my job – lost my relationship due to continuous pain and was in agony unless I was asleep until I was correctly diagnosed.

I understand I am not a text book case and It is still a work in progress as my T4 has been mechanically out for so long.

I know thoracic vertebrae normally crush anteriorly. The cause was a motor bike accident, not a text book case.

I cannot reason why the T5 80% wedge crush injury to the right, was not diagnosed and why my T4 as it was so mechanically out of place, was not diagnosed. I thought the answer may be that it was because I had most testing in the prone position.

[Donald Corenman, MD, DC]

#10161

I do not understand why your fracture deformity was not identified. A simple front and side view thoracic spine X-ray would have identified this injury.

Dr. Corenman

PLEASE REMEMBER, THIS FORUM IS MEANT TO PROVIDE GENERAL INFORMATION ON SPINE ANATOMY, CONDITIONS AND TREATMENTS. TO GET AN ACCURATE DIAGNOSIS, YOU MUST VISIT A QUALIFIED PROFESSIONAL IN PERSON.
 
Donald Corenman, MD, DC is a highly-regarded spine surgeon, considered an expert in the area of neck and back pain. Trained as both a Medical Doctor and Doctor of Chiropractic, Dr. Corenman earned academic appointments as Clinical Assistant Professor and Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, and his research on spine surgery and rehabilitation has resulted in the publication of multiple peer-reviewed articles and two books.

[lyndy]

#10170

Thank you Dr Corenman
I am sure I had a side Xray,when this first happened, but for some reason they kept writing kyphosis which I did not have.

I know they were puzzled by the pain.It seems to me as this was an unusual injury, they either didn’t study the Xrays properly and made an assumption based on all their other experiences. i also think this is why when they did physical examinations – it didn’t show up because I did not have kyphosis at all.

So false assumptions were made as I don’t think they would have seen a non text book injury before, especially to thoracic spine as it is so difficult to crush. They kept telling me it was stable which it would have been if it had crushed to the front. They also just concentrated on my T5 as it was so badly crushed and did not realise my T4 was not stable. My GP had a copy of all the tests and said he would never have worked it out.

[Donald Corenman, MD, DC]

#10185

I am unclear as to why this fracture deformity was not found. An angulation of that much degree is normally easily visible on X-ray.

I will say that GPs have to know way too much to also be spine experts.

Dr. Corenman

PLEASE REMEMBER, THIS FORUM IS MEANT TO PROVIDE GENERAL INFORMATION ON SPINE ANATOMY, CONDITIONS AND TREATMENTS. TO GET AN ACCURATE DIAGNOSIS, YOU MUST VISIT A QUALIFIED PROFESSIONAL IN PERSON.
 
Donald Corenman, MD, DC is a highly-regarded spine surgeon, considered an expert in the area of neck and back pain. Trained as both a Medical Doctor and Doctor of Chiropractic, Dr. Corenman earned academic appointments as Clinical Assistant Professor and Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, and his research on spine surgery and rehabilitation has resulted in the publication of multiple peer-reviewed articles and two books.

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