Discogenic pain case

26 yo healthy guy, comes in with many years of low back pain, hurt himself when he was 18 lifting something. MRI with an L5-S1 disc protrusion, maybe big enough to call a herniation, mild canal and left formainal stenosis, annular tear in the disc. Rest of the MRI is pristine. Main complain is left sided back pain. Has occasional aching in the left lateral thigh and calf, occasionally aching in the left anterior groin, positive SLR, pain with rotation and side bending, very limited ROM... Read more
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