Hello all, firstly, I am not a triathlete, but do quite a bit of running and cycling 
I have a C5/6 disc herniation (from recent MRI a week ago) and recently found this site and thread quite helpful.
My situation is quite strange and different so thought I would post here and hopefully here back from someone with any similar experience/advice/recommendations you may have…
anything would be greatly appreciated.
Basically I have no other symptoms apart from numbness in my pinky, ring fingers, and in the tip and bit of the outer edge of my middle fingers.
The left hand has been experiencing this for around 5 weeks, starting with slight pins/needles feeling and progressing to numbness of all the finger
(I have about 50% feeling of a normal finger).
The right hand started experiencing same symptoms but, only at the fingertips and to a lesser degree, 2 weeks ago. For the past couple of weeks both hands’ fingers
have remained stable (condition has not worsened, but has not gotten better either). Grip strength in both hands have not changed and are the same, though I do
notice that my left hand may fatigue a bit earlier when doing the same grip exercises. There is no neck pain, no shoulder pain, no bicep pain, no elbow pain, no forearm
pain, no wrist pain, no random muscle twitching. My range of motion of my shoulders and wrist are still normal.
Both my Doctor and the MRI radiologist Doctor are not sure where the source of the numbness could be, apart from somewhere a nerve is being compressed…
they say probably just the ulnar never in both elbows needing rest as possibly overused. I go to to the gym regularly and play basketball (however have stopped over
the past few weeks after the onset of the symptoms).
The MRI report is as follows:
MRI CERVICAL SPINE CLINICAL DETAILS Paraesthesia 4th and 5th fingers on both hands for more than four weeks. Previous motorcycle injury (6 years ago) falling on shoulder and back with broken collarbone (left clavicle).
FINDINGS
There is loss of the normal mid cervical lordosis (this means the natural curve of the neck is not normal, particularly the middle part). The vertebral body heights have been maintained, the bone marrow signal is normal and no focal osseous lesion is present. The craniocervical junction outlines normally (basically saying the area between C1 vertebrate and base of skull is ok).
C2/3: The disc contour, signal and height are normal. No foraminal or canal stenosis is present.
C3/4: There are bilateral uncovertebral discÂosteophyte complexes which cause mild narrowing of both neural exits, slightly worse on the right. There is minor canal narrowing flattening the anterior aspect of the spinal cord without significant cord deformity or intraÂaxial signal change.
C4/5: There is anterior craniocaudal narrowing of the disc with bilateral uncovertebral and left paracentral discÂosteophyte complexes. Severe narrowing of the right C5 intervertebral neural foramen is present with mild narrowing of the left C5 neural exit. There is also narrowing of the spinal canal with indentation of the left anterior aspect of the spinal cord without definitive intraÂaxial signal change.
C5/6: There is a central disc extrusion (yes it is herniated) measuring up to 6mm anteroposteriorly (front to back view/orientation) x 8mm craniocaudally (head to foot view) x 8mm transversely (side to side view at right angle to the long axis) indenting the anterior aspect of the spinal cord with near complete effacement of the CSF surrounding the spinal cord at the level of the disc. In addition there are bilateral uncovertebral discÂosteophyte complexes, larger on the right causing moderate right and mild to moderate left C6 neural exit narrowing.
C6/7: There is desiccation of the disc with bilateral uncovertebral discÂosteophyte complexes, larger and wider on the right causing moderate right and mild left C7 neural exit narrowing.
C7/T1: No abnormality is present.
COMMENT
- Moderate canal narrowing at C5/6 with less severe spinal canal narrowing at C4/5 and C3/4.
- Severe right C5, moderate right C6 and right C7 and mild to moderate left C6 neural exit narrowing.
Thanks for reading and hope to hear from some of you