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Hi -there are some things that may have been caused by that simple fall, but there are also some things there that I would think aren't just 2 months old. Lots of these arthritic changes are very common and don't usually cause symptoms for majority of people until we are older.

You might have some problems from an old injury, car wreck, playing sports or just plain aging. Two months seems like a very short amount of time for these things listed here to appear and I would think these processes were already started before your fall:
-advanced uncovertebral endplate degenerative changes
-Mild endplate DJD (degenerative joint disease) - this is like arthritic bone spurring and changes.
-Mild facet disease (facet joints are synovial joints. Each joint is surrounded by connective tissue and produces a fluid to lubricate the joint. The joint surfaces are coated with cartilage to allow joints to glide smoothly against each other. These start breaking down and stiffening.

The herniations (HNP) could have been caused from your fall. Or could have been there and made worse. Herniation of the nucleus pulposus occurs when the gel-like substance of the disc breaks through outer surface - your discs are like shock absorbers. the material breaks through . It is also touching other stuff in your canal and causing narrowing. you have some of this stuff pressing on your spinal cord and also pushing in to the space called the foramens which are these canals where the nerve roots come off the spinal cord to your body parts. Think like a tree trunk with branches.

When there isn't good spinal fluid flow because of narrowing, the ESIs might not help as much.

I read that about 80-90% of patients with a herniated disc will respond to conservative treatment. Herniated discs can gradually reabsorb. Because this is one of your big problems, if it were me I would be trying all conservative therapy offered. I would go slow with PT, but definitely would do it.

I would guess C5-7 are causing the problems. Is this where you had the epidurals? I would also doubt trigger points are going to have any long lasting value since the root of the problem is still there. There are some less invasive procedures to deal with HNPs. But I would definitely be trying everything else but surgery. I think this reabsorption process can take 6 months or longer. To help it you really need to restrict activities, no lifting anything over 10 lbs, rest and take care of your self.

What else did the dr.s recommend for you?