Hi newbie... welcome! Sorry you find yourself researching spine.
You clearly have a frank herniation at at least one level with the fragment extruded downward. It's hard to draw conclusions from one slice in one axis.
It's still early if you had a november or december accident. Have you had a lumbar MRI? I had a seemingly mile rear-ender that made my lumbar much worse that cervical (presumably because lumbar was already well on it's way.)
What are your surgeons recommending? Hopefully you'll be able to avoid surgery, but if you do have to get surgery, there will be a variety of options depending on who you go to.
Good luck... please keep us posted.
Mark
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