What an excellent question! Spine surgeons are not positive the best treatment plan for spinal stenosis, but conservative care is earning favorable examination in the medical research! Apple Country Chiropractic gives non-surgical care that is quite relieving to Williamson spinal stenosis sufferers. Chiropractic patients in Williamson suffering fromspinal stenosis know come to Apple Country Chiropractic will find our care gentle and comfortable and appreciate the research and protocols behind its administration.

 

First of all, what is spinal stenosis? Spinal stenosis is the narrowing of the spinal canal area. For a good number of us lumbar spinal stenosis comes with age when erosion of the spine develops. One reason this happens may be due to how the spinal elements originally developed. (In some cases people are born with narrow spinal canals.) It could also be a disc herniation that is implanting itself into the spinal canal, taking up the space that is meant for the spinal nerves. Whatever the cause, spinal stenosis’ narrowing creates pain.

 

Often when a surgeon discovers that a patient has spinal stenosis they will give surgical options to broaden that narrowed space. There are many directions from which one may take. Decompressive surgery is one such example. 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) Also a patient may think about 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)

 

Apple Country Chiropractic's chiropractor sees spinal stenosis and will give chiropractic care and spinal manipulation to conservatively relieve the pain of spinal stenosis. Apple Country Chiropractic is the site for Williamson conservative care of back pain. Apple Country Chiropractic 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 Apple Country Chiropractic, the Williamson chiropractic practice for gentle relief of back pain. Apple Country Chiropractic chiropractic care at Williamson is the answer to the question of “how can I manage my pain from spinal stenosis?” for you!