That is a great question! Spine surgeons aren’t certain the
best treatment plan for
spinal stenosis, yet
conservative care is gathering more
consideration in the medical research! The Chiropractic TRUhealthDR
provides
non-surgical care
that is quite relieving to Colorado Springs spinal stenosis sufferers. Colorado Springs patients dealing with spinal stenosis know come to The Chiropractic TRUhealthDR will find our care gentle and
comfortable and praise the
research and
protocols that make up 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 degeneration of the spine develops. This
may have to do with how the spinal elements first
developed at birth. (In some cases people are born with narrow spinal canals.) It may be due to a disc
herniation that is pushing itself into the spinal canal, taking up the space that is designed for the spinal nerves. Regardless
of the cause, spinal stenosis’ narrowing is painful.
When surgeons observe
spinal stenosis in a patient they often offer surgical opportunities
to broaden that narrowed space. There are many procedures
from which you may choose. Decompressive
surgery is one such choice.. It is an inexpensive option 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 combatted
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)
Your Colorado Springs chiropractor at The Chiropractic TRUhealthDR observes
spinal stenosis and provides
chiropractic care and
spinal manipulation to
conservatively relieve the pain of spinal stenosis. The Chiropractic TRUhealthDR is the locale
for Colorado Springs conservative care of back pain. The Chiropractic TRUhealthDR uses the
Cox Technic system of spinal manipulation to open the spinal canal area by 28%,
allowing the nerves to breathe, and drop intradiscal pressures to as low as
-192mmHg.
(3,4)
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