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They picked up the T5 80% wedge crush as anyone could see that, it is pretty bad.

What they missed was the T5 was crushed to the right and not the front, which caused my T4 to be unstable and to slip out of place to the right.

That is the part I do not understand as I have been in agony unnecessarily for 8 years through a mechanical misalignment.

I have seen at least 6 eminent specialists, both orthopedic and neurosurgeons and not one of them realised.

I have paid at least $30,000 of my own money for someone, anyone to stop the incessant pain. They told me a thoracic fracture should not be causing that much pain. If it was crushed to the front it probably wouldn’t. It isn’t the T5, it is the T4 slipping out.

This has been a living nightmare for me as I was not believed. I lost my job without a pension – was called a drug seeker and went to a pain clinic which made it worse as the exercises I was doing made my T4 slip out more.

The part I cannot fathom is why they could not see my T5 was crushed to the right. I know this is unusual but that is what happened.

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.

I have just joined this site and came across this thread. I asked why my thoracic vertebrae that was crushed to the right wasn’t picked up, every specialist thought it was crushed to the front, or that my T4 was slipping out of place. Dr Corenman I noticed you asked about standing Xrays. I honestly believe my damage was not picked up because every test was undertaken in the prone position. I have researched the difference by the company that makes both and by their own statistics there seems to be around 20% miss rate for spine damage on prone MRI’s. Do you believe this as well? It seems like common sense to me.