Spinal Stenosis
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the pain, we are your answer.
Overview
Spinal stenosis occurs when the spinal cord in the neck (cervical spine) or the spinal nerve roots in the lower back (lumbar spine) are compressed. Symptoms of lumbar stenosis often include leg pain (sciatica) and leg tingling, weakness, or numbness. Arm pain is a typical symptom of cervical spinal stenosis. For cervical spinal stenosis with myelopathy, difficulty with coordination often occurs.
Lumbar Spinal Stenosis
The classic presentation of lumbar spinal stenosis is leg pain that increases while walking, standing, or bending backward. The pain is typically relieved in 5 to 10 minutes by sitting down, leaning forward at the waist, and/or resting on a counter, walker, or the handle of a shopping cart. A slightly bent posture may also be adopted while standing and/or walking to reduce the leg pain.
In the initial stages, a feeling of discomfort, cramping, and/or achiness may develop in the legs after a long walk or prolonged standing. These symptoms may then resolve after sitting, resting, or bending forward. In this stage, activities such as walking outdoors or at a store may cause symptoms. Over time, the pain may become more severe and occur at frequent intervals or remain constant, resulting in leg pain while walking inside the home.
Spinal Stenosis
Our services go beyond the spine. Whether you’re looking to avoid surgery or surgery didn’t help
the pain, we are your answer.
OVERVIEW
Spinal stenosis occurs when the spinal cord in the neck (cervical spine) or the spinal nerve roots in the lower back (lumbar spine) are compressed. Symptoms of lumbar stenosis often include leg pain (sciatica) and leg tingling, weakness, or numbness. Arm pain is a typical symptom of cervical spinal stenosis. For cervical spinal stenosis with myelopathy, difficulty with coordination often occurs.
Lumbar Spinal Stenosis
The classic presentation of lumbar spinal stenosis is leg pain that increases while walking, standing, or bending backward. The pain is typically relieved in 5 to 10 minutes by sitting down, leaning forward at the waist, and/or resting on a counter, walker, or the handle of a shopping cart. A slightly bent posture may also be adopted while standing and/or walking to reduce the leg pain.
In the initial stages, a feeling of discomfort, cramping, and/or achiness may develop in the legs after a long walk or prolonged standing. These symptoms may then resolve after sitting, resting, or bending forward. In this stage, activities such as walking outdoors or at a store may cause symptoms. Over time, the pain may become more severe and occur at frequent intervals or remain constant, resulting in leg pain while walking inside the home.
How it’s treated
Spinal Cord Stimulation
If your back or neck pain has not been relieved by surgery or other treatments, you may want to consider this procedure. Spinal cord stimulation (SCS) delivers mild electrical stimulation to nerves along the spinal column, modifying or blocking nerve activity in a drug-free way to minimize the sensation of pain reaching the brain. Spinal cord stimulation directs mild electrical pulses to interfere with pain messages reaching the brain.
Injection
Injections are a nonsurgical treatment option for acute or chronic neck or back pain. They are utilized to treat spinal pain after other nonsurgical measures such as medications and/or physical therapy have been tried, but before surgery is considered. Injections can provide pain relief and help determine the source of a patient’s pain. Injections can deliver medication directly to the anatomic location that generates pain, which may provide more neck or back pain relief than oral medications.
Dr Carey, Dr Khosla, NP Tara, and their staff are fantastic! Their knowledge and care before, during, and post-procedure are 2nd to none! Have recommended them to friends and neighbors without any hesitation.
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