Your report notes: “Grade 1 retrolisthesis of C5 on C6…Posterior disc osteophyte complex with a central disc protrusion and bilateral uncovertebral arthrosis resulting in mild bilateral neuroforaminal narrowing, as well as partial effacement of the ventral CSF space”. This would result in possibly some neck pain but no significant shoulder or arm pain. There is no significant changes that would be associated with the complaints “causing the nerve pain in my mouth on my tongue or upper pallets ..or throat inflammation or nerve pain”.
Dr. Corenman
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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.
