Excellent
question! Spine surgeons are not certain about the best route for
spinal stenosis, yet
conservative care is receiving more
and more attention in the medical research! Back And Neck Care Center
delivers
non-surgical care
that alleviates pain for Severna Park spinal stenosis sufferers. Chiropractic patients
in Severna Park suffering fromspinal
stenosis know come to Back And Neck Care Center will find our care gentle and
comfortable and applaud the
research and
procedures that are the
pillars of its administration.
So what exactly is spinal stenosis? Spinal
stenosis is the result of narrowing in the spinal canal area.
For a good number of us
lumbar spinal stenosis happens with age when erosion of the spine emerges. This
may have to do with how the spinal elements originally
developed at birth. (From time to time
some people are born with narrow spinal canals.) Spinal stenosis could also be caused by a disc
herniation that is implanting
itself into the spinal canal, taking up the space that is intended for for the spinal nerves. No matter the cause, spinal stenosis’ narrowing is painful.
Surgeons discover
spinal stenosis and offer surgical choices to broaden
that narrowed space. There are many procedures
from which you may choose. Decompressive surgery is one such example. It is a financially
friendly choice for lumbar spinal stenosis, but surgical and conservative
treatment approaches result in comparable quality of life at one year follow
up.
(1) Spinal stenosis can also be battled
with spinal fusion. A Cochrane Database Review, a big deal in the world of
research, reports that there is no significant
difference at 6 months and 12 months post spine surgery for lumbar spinal
stenosis. Cochrane pulled from 12,966 citations to conclude
further that they have very little confidence to determine whether surgical or
conservative care is better for lumbar spinal stenosis. They, therefore, offer
no new clinical practice recommendations for doctors to follow. They do
emphasize though that side-effects
from surgery range from 10% to 24% and side effects from conservative
care, 0%. There
were no side effects from conservative care for lumbar spine stenosis in their
review. Further,
they report that there
were no clear benefits seen with surgery versus no surgery. They warn clinicians to carefully
inform patients about possible treatment options “especially given that
conservative treatment options have results in no reported side effects.”
(2)
If you suffer from pain due to lumbar spinal stenosis,
contact Back And Neck Care Center, the Severna Park chiropractic
practice for gentle relief of back pain. Back And Neck Care Center
chiropractic care at Severna Park
may definitely be the answer to the
question of “what can I do about my spinal
stenosis?” for you!
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