Trying to figure out what is causing my sciatica symptoms in one leg; I don't have back pain and mostly have a feeling of tightness in my glute/piriformis area and then symptoms radiating down the back of my right thigh. I just had a lumbar spine MRI and this was the result - how concerning is this? IDK if it's 'normal' to have minor disc abnormalities or not in most people...
There is very mild posterior disc bulging at all the disc levels throughout the lumbar spine. There is no evidence of disc herniation or spinal stenosis. The neural foramina are patent bilaterally throughout. No abnormality seen within the thecal sac. The conus and nerve roots are intact. The vertebral body heights are intact. No focal abnormality is seen in the vertebral bodies or the disc spaces.