a neurosurgeon or at least an orthopedic Dr.

A general PCP is not qualified to make that determination to "leave it alone", but especially not with only an Xray and your level of pain reducing.

You need an MRI to know if it is a serious risk. A crushed disc will only cause more problems and by that time, you could end up in severe pain and your entire neck fused like mine is. Mine wasn't "hurting that badly" when my I went in for my severe lumbar pain but my neck was such a mess by then that it was emergency surgery to save my spinal cord. I was mere weeks from permanent paralysis and the pain wasn't "all that bad".

I am not trying to scare you, just to encourage you to have her send you to a specialist to determine whether it should be repaired now while its pretty easy to repair or to wait and risk severe injury when the crushed vertebrae causes others to collapse too. Because that's what happens if they are left alone just because they dont hurt "that bad" yet.