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Spinal Stenosis Treatment
Conservative Spinal Stenosis TreatmentConservative treatments for spinal stenosis should always be exhausted before pursuing any surgical option. Conservative therapy modalities will not typically resolve the structural changes associated with stenosis, but might alleviate the symptoms experienced. The most common forms of non-invasive or mildly invasive treatment usually include the following:* Pain management drugs * Epidural Injections * Physical Therapy * Chiropractic 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 SurgeryIf conservative treatments do not provide enough relief, back surgery will be often 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 TreatmentMedical stenosis treatments do not demonstrate very promising statistics for complete resolution of all symptoms. Conservative treatments must be used long term and surgery achieves mixed results, sometimes doing more harm than good.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… Remember that the physical signs of stenosis do not inherently cause pain. In many cases, the stenosis simply takes the blame while some other physical or psychological syndrome is actually the source of suffering.
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