What a great question! Spine surgeons aren’t sure what is best for spinal stenosis, after all conservative care is obtaining a higher regard in the medical research! Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation performs non-surgical care that is quite soothing to Tonawanda spinal stenosis sufferers. Our patients at Tonawanda who have spinal stenosis come to Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation will find our care gentle and comfortable and applaud the research and protocols that are the pillars of its administration.

 

Before going further lets delve into what is spinal stenosis. Spinal stenosis is the result of narrowing in the spinal canal area. For many of us lumbar spinal stenosis happens with age when erosion of the spine develops. One reason this happens may be due to how the spinal elements initially formed. (From time to time some people are born with narrow spinal canals.) It may be due to a disc herniation that is inserting itself into the spinal canal, taking up the space that is meant for the spinal nerves. Whatever the cause, spinal stenosis’ narrowing is painful.

 

When surgeons see spinal stenosis in a patient they often provide surgical opportunities to widen that narrowed space. There are many directions from which a patient may pick. Decompressive surgery is one such kind. It is a financially friendly choice for lumbar spinal stenosis, but surgical and conservative treatment approaches result in comparable quality of life at one year follow up. (1) Spinal fusion can also be a weapon against spinal stenosis. 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)

 

Chiropractors like yours at Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation diagnose spinal stenosis and give chiropractic care and spinal manipulation to conservatively relieve the pain of spinal stenosis. Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation is the location for Tonawanda conservative care of back pain. Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation 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)

 

For relief of pain due to lumbar spinal stenosis, schedule an appointment with Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation, the Tonawanda chiropractic practice for gentle relief of back pain. Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation chiropractic care at Tonawanda may well be the answer to the question of “how can I manage my pain from spinal stenosis?” for you!