I had something torn and pinched in my right arm/shoulder that was extremely dangerous so I had to slowly rework everything; range of motion along with bpc157. I could feel the pop in notch in certain pressing. The main goal was longevity and avoiding or re-aggravating that because it plagued me for over a a decade. You could try chiropractor or other type of doctor. My solution would be slowly work around that issue and try to keep rehabbing it correctly or it will never go away; like my knees; they are blown for life so taking care of them is paramount.

Sounds like you have a good doctor. First one I saw wanted to operate immediately. I researched and found out he had lost his license in two other states. Yeah, I live in a Dr. Death state. For those unfamiliar in the past if you lost your DL in one state you can just get another from another one and keep driving. Well for Doctors that never changed. Next, I went to a better Hospital and got Injections. They worked for a while, but a new younger neurosurgeon had replaced the first one I saw, who was fired again. He and I saw eye to eye, and he gave me nerve oblations. They are considered successful if the block lasts a year. 14 months later I had it done again this time without any sedation at my suggestion. 2 years later and my arm is at 90&. Meaning I can again crush empty pineapple cans with either hand. My injury is known as a stinger to most people. Lost the ability to brush my teeth or use a fork.
People say if I only have more time, but my philosophy is that We have the time if we have the patience. Good luck and make a living will. It came in handy for Hulk when he woke up on a paralyzed and on a respirator.

In my opinion movement and stretching will be your key. I dont know what kind of physical activity you have throughout your day, but try to make time to stretch out and possibly free hang several times throughout the day and very well in the morning and at night. I've been scoliosis and old injuries from sports and lifting and this is what's actually helped me.

I have some damage to C7 with radiculopathy which has caused me to be unable to turn my head or reach across my body at times. I would just wait it out and it would get a little better in a few weeks. Then it would be aggravated again with as little as a hard sneeze. I finally went to the doctor and they prescribed physical therapy. I was skeptical but I must admit that it worked pretty well. It still lingers and I have to be careful but it has only been debilitating once in the five years since I had the physical therapy.

suffer mostly.
thymosin alpha 1 helps me with some inflammation, i just always forget to take it. I'm used to the pain at this point. My younger self would spit in my own mouth at how much I've let pain control my daily life, not in a gay way though

48, been fighting an almost identical MRI for years. First started in 2021, somehow simply rolling over in the middle of the night led to a CRACK in my neck, and then weakness/numbness on my entire right shoulder through the arm. That one took about a year to resolve with some physiotherapy that honestly, I would have told you is bullsh*t had it not worked. Lots of bloodflow restriction through the arm, cupping, graston technique on the upper traps, and manual traction. Somehow regained full strength.

Then, for no particular reason, my left side started to insidiously lose strength in early 2026. I barely noticed it at first, after workouts my left tricep/lat/pec would twitch for hours on end. Then the pain the upper trap / tricep started up, and wouldn't go away... and if I tried to look up at the sky, my arm and first 3 fingers would burn with pain. And then one day I noticed it in the mirror, my entire upper left side had started to atrophy compared to my right. My long head tricep has shrunk so much my left arm is 1" smaller than my right, and my left pec is visibly smaller than the right. What I think happened was, it was all so slow moving for me , that because my push movements are on machines, and bilateral, my right side was just compensating for everything and I didn't notice my lifts were struggling until it was too late.

Physio didn't work this time. Instead, I had to opt for the dexamethasone epidural injection into the C7/T1, after getting the MRI. Got it mid-June, and in about a month, I noticed a major change. The twitching and pain were gone. Honestly, it's a lot better now. I'm not 100%, and I have the option to get a second shot (doc tells me it can take up to 3 to see a lasting effect). Having gone through a similar arc with sciatica 12 years ago, I can confirm, it took 3 shots to finally do the trick on my lower spine, so I'm mentally prepared for shots #2 and 3 in my neck.

In the meantime, no more incline bench, no more shoulder/military press, probably ever again. I now exclusively use machines that have unilateral weight options, so I can gauge how my left is performing compared to my right. For shoulders I just spam side delt raises (30+ reps), which sucks and is time consuming but it's better than aggravating things again. Strength is slowly coming back on those push movements, but not nearly as fast as I had hoped.

If you're eligible for the cortisone injection, I'd highly recommend it.

I’ve had 3 fusions in last 2 years. L2-L4 then L5-S1 and then C2-C5 because for some reason that I will never understand I felt the need to rep out 650lb squats and 600 deads when I was younger. Sucks. The only good thing is that because I was so fit otherwise I was back in gym lifting lightly (still do) a few days after each one.

I think you would be best to change the Title of this post to 'Spinal/Neck Injury' then you will get more members looking at it mate who have had these type of problems. Injuries is just a little too vague.