Tonawanda Walking and Non-Drug Therapy for Back Pain and Stenosis

August 17, 2022

Lumbar spinal stenosis and its related back pain is widespread and troubling for its sufferers. Dementia, neurogenic claudication, reduced walking distance, poor balance, lessened quality of life, and altered posture often accompany spinal stenosis. Disc herniations, disc degeneration, and other spinal canal space invaders invite spinal stenosis. At Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation, Tonawanda spinal stenosis patients who want to uninvite spinal stenosis have someone to help.

THE IMPACT OF LUMBAR SPINAL STENOSIS

Research continues to present lumbar spinal stenosis as being linked to issues like dementia development, walking capacity, and lower quality of life. A recent study stated that lumbar spinal stenosis was an independent risk factor for acquiring dementia. Of 1220 patients, 10.8% of the lumbar spinal stenosis patients had dementia as opposed to just 4.4% of the control group members. (1) Older adults with lumbar spinal stenosis were described as changing their posture with a forward bend to enhance their ability and tolerance for walking. Researchers who studied this phenomenon found that this posture was more of a forward shift of the pelvis while standing and walking. They concluded that limited walking in symptomatic spinal stenosis patients was more related to spine loading which increased 7%. (2) Whatever it is linked to, reduced walking ability is not beneficial. Someday it will be nice to understand more clearly the part stenosis plays in relationship to slowed walking, but for now, Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation will keep encouraging walking for spinal stenosis patients, slow and steady and distance increased as tolerated.

THE TREATMENT OF LUMBAR SPINAL STENOSIS: Walk

Since spinal stenosis is so common a condition in older folks, multiple guidelines and articles are published and with good reason. Reduced walking ability and quality of life are documented side-effects of lumbar spinal stenosis. These two issues remain the main factors for back surgery in older sufferers. Sadly, 40% of those who undergo spinal surgery for the lumbar spinal stenosis still state walking issues post-surgery. (3) Recommendation 1 of a more recent guideline for handling lumbar spinal stenosis and related neurogenic claudication suggested non-surgical multimodal care to consist of non-drug therapy with education, advice, lifestyle changes, home exercise, manual therapy, acupuncture (trial), rehab, and therapy. (4) An update to the 2013 Cochrane review of research reports regarding the outcomes of treatments for lumbar spine stenosis related neurogenic claudication that decreased the ability to walk found that manual therapy and exercise to increase walking distance together was an effective treatment method. Epidural steroids were not. (5) Conservative, non-surgical care of Tonawanda spinal stenosis is endorsed by spine researchers and by Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation.

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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Nate McKee on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he illustrates the relief with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management for a patient with lumbar spinal stenosis and balance issues. Relief with Cox® Technic is described.

Make your Tonawanda chiropractic appointment today for pain relief of spinal stenosis that can get you walking (more) again!

Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation encourages walking and guideline-recommended non-drug therapy for spinal stenosis, reduction of its pain, and improvement in walking.