What is spinal stenosis and how is it treated?
Don't store avocado like this: it's dangerousBackache? It could be vertebral stenosis. But what is it? And how do you care vertebral stenosis? When you even start walking incorrectly and you feel a lot of pain, it is good to ascertain the origin of that discomfort, especially if you are older in age.
Vertebral stenosis, in fact, primarily affects the over sixty. It is the narrowing of the canal where the spinal cord passes with the consequent, painful, compression of the nerves.
Specifically, spinal stenosis is when you are tighten areas of the spinal canal, which is formed by the overlap of the vertebrae that make up our spine. This channel contains nerve structures, which give rise to the bone marrow, but the stenosis can also compress the spinal nerves, which emerge from it at the vertebral foramina.
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Il pain, therefore, it is not so much due to the narrowing of the vertebral canal, as to the compression of the spinal cord or nerve roots.
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Spinal stenosis symptoms
Symptoms relate more or less all innervated regions, as well as i blood vessels. Cramps e pain consequent are undoubtedly the most evident symptoms, pain that is relieved when one assumes a sitting or lying position and that reappears after physical exertion.
Lumbar spinal stenosis typically manifests with an initial limp (claudication intermittens spinalis), while in other cases there may be asthenia (muscle weakness) and numbness or tingling in the lower limbs.
When stenosis it originates from a herniated disc, symptoms include a mild one low back pain, which may be accompanied by sciatica (pain radiating to the back of the thigh and leg) or from cruralgia (pain radiating to the front of the thigh). If, on the other hand, the stenosis concerns the cervical tract, the pain spreads to the neck, shoulder and upper limbs and may be accompanied by a sense of dizziness or loss of balance.
Signs of pain in the spinal cord may also include bladder or bowel dysfunction, impotence e impaired sexual functions.
How spinal stenosis is treated and exercises
Stenosis drugs
Typically, it is immediately ai NSAIDs which is relied upon, for their anti-inflammatory and analgesic properties. However, not being able to take them for a long time (they can cause gastric ulcer), it is something else that we must turn to. If the pain does not subside, the paracetamol.
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Stenosis: surgery VS physical exercises
In presence of positive neurological tests for myelopathy (suffering of the bone marrow, acute loss of bladder or intestinal continence), surgery has so far been used to remove the cause that gave rise to the vertebral stenosis. But very recent research has shown that the scalpel is not necessarily better than some rehabilitation treatments. The survey published in the magazine Cochrane Library, points out that there are no substantial differences in effectiveness between surgery and physical exercises.
In fact, it seems that what works for sure is the exercises to improve the elasticity of the spine: stretching, flexion and back extension exercises that everyone can do only with so much consistency.
In addition, ultrasound, electro-stimulation, massage, manipulation or acupuncture can help relieve pain. Finally, remember the little rules for lift loads and weights: back straight and knees bent.
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