question: I have been having back, leg, and hip pain. I have also had numbness and tingling of the saddle area and down my legs. I also have incontinence problems, both bowel and bladder. My legs tire easily too. The Dr did an MRI and this is what it says. L1-l no disc bulge seen. The spinal canal of foraminal narrowing. L2-l3 mild disc desiccation with mild disc height loss and mild diffuse disc bulge without significant spinal canal or foraminal narrowing. L3-l4 mild disc bulge and mild bilateral facet hypertrophic changes without significant spinal canal or foraminal narrowing. L4-l5 minimal disc desiccation, mild diffuse disc bulge and mild to moderate bilateral facet hypertrophic changes causing indentation of thecal sac with mild spinal canal narrowing. No significant foraminal narrowing seen. L5-s1 disc desiccation, mild disc bulge with superimposed small right paracentral disc protrusion which is contacting and mildly displacing the right descending S1 nerve root and mild to moderate bilateral facet hypertrophic changes seen. No significant spinal canal or foraminal narrowing. Partial lumbarization of s1vertebral body seen. Will you please explain what this means and what will help my symptoms improve?