Alison
I guess you mean to rule out facet joint pain. The doctor who I consulted regarding the case evaluation said my symptoms indicated "primary discogenic pain" (I guess this implies there could be "secondary facet joint pain"?) If you saw my MRI you would understand as I have perfect discs above the problem levels, but L4-5 and L5-S1 are black, mis-shapen and have what to me looks like central bulges (although the height of the two discs look good).
When visiting GP a couple of days ago (regarding sick note) he gave me a referral for lumbar spine pain clinic. I guess they might be up for running diagnostic tests.
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