[Maria]

Can possibly indicate nerve root compression. Sounds like your doctor has an idea of what he thinks is going on and wants confirmation with films. Rest of exam helps with correlation of findings as does subjective complaints.

Remember that the really important *emergent symptoms* are loss of bowel or bladder tone, loss of extremity function, severe weakness or numbness of involved extremities and unrelenting progressively worsening pain that is severe.

You are on a conservative course currently it appears to see if symptoms abate while awaiting MRI appt. which may take some time in Canada if I understand you correctly so I hope you will be seeing your doctor again before the MRI should you need to.