i believe with normal conservative measures not helping there is no harm in taking an mri however posture rehab is mandatory and long rides are not wise. i would suggest to have a complete neurological correlation to rule out any nerve compression and see how it goes. i hope it helps. stay in touch with your healthcare provider for further guidance as our answers are just for education and counselling purposes and cannot be an alternative to actual visit to a doctor. take care khan
hello! i'm 22 and i have a back pain when sitting localized in the middle part of my back especially under left blade and sometimes between both blades (like the muscles was tense all the time). the pain is harder when i drive car - searing strong pain including large part of my back). the pain appeared about 4 years ago and firsty it was gentle (so i thought i can eliminate it with exercises). i sit at a computer about 8 hours a day but i do breaks to exercise and move. but when i don't do any break for some hours after standing up and twisting my spine left and right my spine joints "shoot". the pain becomes stronger while i do a deep breath. the neurosurgeon (with very good opinions) told that my spine is ok and my back are straight so there is no need to do mri. he addressed me to the physiotherapist. at the beginning the physiotherapist suspected the "ankylosing spondylitis" but after next visits he rather ruled this out. the massages and exercises didn't help even worse <negative_smiley>