Stenosis is medically known as spinal stenosis. It is the medical condition, which is caused by narrow spinal cord and compression of it and spinal nerves. It is thought that spinal stenosis can be the result of spinal disc herniation, osteoporosis or even spinal tumor. In addition to this, medical conditions, such as cervical or lumbar stenosis can be related with congenital traits.
Symptoms of Stenosis
The most common symptoms of spinal stenosis include back pain, sciatica, pain in legs, leg numbness, tingling or even difficulties in walking. Otherwise, some patients experience the arm pain, heavy feeling in legs or inability to walk at brisk places.
Stenosis Treatment
Because of the symptoms of stenosis and serious difficulties in normal physical activity, the treatment for stenosis is necessary. The most common treatment options for stenosis include physical activity modifications and special exercises, medication therapy or event treatment for stenosis with surgery. Depending on certain technology, surgeries for the stenosis treatment can be lumbar laminectomy, corpectomy or X-STOP technique. The medication therapy usually is performed with anti-inflammatory medications that can be taken as epidural injections.
All these treatment opportunities for stenosis are indicated for the diminishing the symptoms, such as pain and difficulties in walking.
