LUMBAR SPINAL STENOSIS: What do to?
Lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) is reportedly one of the most common spinal conditions in the US, afflicting more than 500 million people over 65 years old. (1) As researchers struggle to propose a more systematic approach to managing patient care for lumbar spinal stenosis sufferers, your Southern New Hampshire chiropractor provides gentle, safe, pain easing treatment. The most recent effort at a system underscored that each LSS patient is unique in her/his experience which limits any algorithm to be “soft guidance” as to its treatment plan based primarily on the LSS patient's pain relief with spinal flexion. (2) Since spinal stenosis is characteristically a systemic issue, meaning if you have spinal stenosis in the lumbar spine, you likely have it in other spinal areas like the cervical too, you do not want to overlook it. Further, lumbar spinal stenosis isn’t a condition that appears and disappears forever. Its pain can be contained, but its status as a condition remains one that researchers classify as “chronic,” meaning it lasts beyond 90 days. Be hopeful! New Hampshire Spine and Sport is experienced in ways to help with lumbar spinal stenosis relief. One study documented that flexion distraction significantly reduced pain and disability for lumbar spinal stenosis patients. (3) Another study reported 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 year than did patients who underwent physical therapy. (5) LSS patients also have altered gait and balance concerns. (1,6) CTFDD helps these issues, too! A study about the influence of spinal manipulation on balance issues in LSS patients documented that flexion distraction spinal manipulation enhanced 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 were treated with CTFDD for relief of their LSS-related back pain. Data collection will be completed later this year with findings being published in the years to come. Southern New Hampshire lumbar spinal stenosis is everywhere, and its relieving partner is your Southern New Hampshire chiropractor here at New Hampshire Spine and Sport!
Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Dean Greenwood on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes 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
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