Next Step: Recovery ...

Good news! The ST (Sports Traumatologist) read the test results of my MRI and X-rays and told me that although there is mild compression on my semi-dehydrated disk between L4 and L5 that there is clearly no pinched nerve ... whew! ...
The x-rays show no problems either (except for the fact that he pointed out that my "femur heads" which are normally spherical are more oblong or oval shaped ... which may lead to problems some time down the road  - I guess he added that just so I had something to look forward to when I get old ...)
So, he prescribed 10 sessions of "functional rehabilitation" (I've translated that directly from his presciption ...) i.e. PT (physical therapy) ... massage, etc.

I've got my first visit lined up for Friday on my lunch break ... I'll let you know how it goes ...

I gotta run (soon)-
Ryan