What is Spinal stenosis?
Spinal stenosis is a symptom of feeling pain as the circular canal, in which the nerves of spine go down,’ narrows and thus the nerves get pressured. The main cause of narrowing spinal canal is aging. One of the distinct symptoms of spinal stenosis is neurological limping. This refers to a case in which a bent old woman cries for numb legs or sits down to rest shortly after walking toward a bus stop.
Symptoms
Elders sometimes say that they feel pain when they straighten their back or lean backward, and this is the symptom of spinal stenosis. For patients with spinal stenosis, the pain is alleviated when one stays still but comes back when one moves. This is because the canal inside the spine narrows and pressures the nerves. As one ages, the bones get degraded, weakened, and do not get hard, so the spine gets narrowing. Thus, the spinal canal keeps narrowing.
10 Major Symptoms of Spinal Stenosis
- 1You feel comfortable when you bend forward but feel pain when you straighten your back.
- 2Your legs feel numb if you walk for a long time, so you keep going between walking and resting.
- 3Your sacrum hurts as if it will come off.
- 4Your back tightens and legs feel tight when you go down stairs.
- 5Your senses get dull as if you have rubber legs.
- 6Your back gets stiff and the legs feel pain and cold more severely on cloudy days.
- 7It is difficult for you to lie down straight or sleep with your body/head facing down.
- 8You feel more comfortable on soft and fluffy bed or blanket, instead of hard floor.
- 9You don’t feel comfortable even after urinating.
- 10You think your back and waist keep bending.
治疗
As various nonsurgical treatment methods such as neuroplasty, joint strengthening injection, high frequency sap decompression procedure, FIMS, and traction treatment keep appearing, you can gain a good result without receiving a surgery.
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