LUMBAR SPINAL STENOSIS: What do to?
Lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) is seemingly
one of the most common spinal conditions in the US, afflicting
over 500 million people over the age of 62. (1)
As researchers grapple with a more systematic approach
to dealing with patient care for lumbar spinal stenosis patients,
your Burlington and Hamilton chiropractor provides gentle, safe, relieving treatment. The latest attempt
at a system emphasized that each LSS patient is
unique in his/her presentation
which limits any algorithm to be “soft guidance” as to its treatment
plan based primarily on the LSS patient's pain relief in
spinal flexion. (2) Since spinal stenosis is typically
a systemic issue, meaning if you have spinal stenosis in
the lumbar spine, you likely have it in other spinal areas like the cervical as
well, you don’t want to ignore it. Further,
lumbar spinal stenosis isn’t a condition that appears and
disappears forever. Its pain can be contained, but it’s often “chronic,”
meaning it lasts beyond 90 days. Have hope! Spinal Care Clinic is experienced in ways to help with lumbar spinal stenosis relief. One study reported
that flexion distraction significantly decreased pain and
disability for lumbar spinal stenosis patients. (3) Another study stated
that chronic back pain sufferers with moderate to severe symptoms got better
the most with the chiropractic technique, Cox® Technic Flexion Distraction
Decompression (CTFDD), compared with physical therapy. (4) Those same patients experienced
significantly lower pain scores over the following 12 months than did
patients who did physical therapy. (5) LSS patients also have
altered gait and balance concerns. (1,6) CTFDD helps these things,
too! A study about the influence of spinal manipulation on
balance issues in LSS patients documented that flexion
distraction spinal manipulation improved function, symptoms, and
performance-based mobility in patients with lumbar spinal stenosis. (6) We also
anticipate the outcomes of a prospective data collection
study in its second year for follow-up with patients who underwent CTFDD for relief of their LSS-associated back
pain. Data collection will be done later this year with findings being published in the years to come. Burlington and Hamilton
lumbar spinal stenosis is everywhere, and its relieving partner is your
Burlington and Hamilton chiropractor here at Spinal Care Clinic!
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Dean Greenwood on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson
as he explains his relieving treatment of a spinal
stenosis patient with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain
Management.

TIP OF THE MONTH: Stretch, Strengthen, Walk for LSS
Improvement
As a set of researchers establishes
a new study to evaluate if a 6-week education and exercise
program will improve the walking capacity of lumbar spinal
stenosis patients with neurogenic claudication (7), Spinal Care Clinic
recommends