Spinal Stenosis Treatment

Spinal stenosis treatment may be conservative or it might be drastic. This will depend on the severity of the condition and the symptoms it is producing. It is crucial to fully understand the potential risks and benefits of all treatment options before making a choice on the best therapy for your condition.

spinal stenosis treatment

Conservative treatments for spinal stenosis will usually include the following:

* Medicine. (Symptom relief)

* Epidural Injections into the affected area. (Symptom relief)

* Physical Therapy (Increases blood supply to area)

These treatments will do nothing to solve the spinal problem, but will hopefully make the condition more �livable�.

It is interesting that physical therapy is included, since that supports the theory of oxygen deprivation being the main reason for the pain, rather than the spinal stenosis�

Spinal Stenosis Surgery

If conservative treatments do not provide enough relief, than surgery will be considered. In emergency cases, such as cauda equina syndrome, surgery might be the first and only option given.

The usual surgical procedure for the correction of spinal stenosis is a laminectomy. It is a procedure designed to increase the size of the spinal canal. Results are not always good and sometimes the patient is actually worse off after surgery. Obviously, surgery should only be considered as a very last resort.

Recommendation for Spinal Stenosis Treatment

Medical stenosis treatment does not have very good statistics for complete resolution of all symptoms. Conservative treatments must be used long term and surgery achieves mixed results.

Many patients have found a true cure for their spinal stenosis using knowledge therapy. This is the treatment that has perhaps the best cure rate compared to symptomatic treatments or uncertain surgical results. You have nothing to lose by trying, except a lot of pain�

Spinal Stenosis Treatment to Home page 5/28/06 Revised 4/21/08