LUMBAR SPINAL STENOSIS: What do to?
Lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) is reportedly
one of the most common spinal conditions in the US, impacting
over 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 patients,
your Pensacola chiropractor delivers gentle, safe, pain
easing treatment. The most recent attempt
at a system stressed 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, which means that 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 ignore it. Further,
lumbar spinal stenosis is not a condition that appears and
disappears forever. Its pain can be managed, but it’s often “chronic,”
meaning it lasts beyond 90 days. Have hope! Pensacola Spinal Rehab Center is experienced in ways to help with lumbar spinal stenosis relief. One study documented
that flexion distraction significantly lowered pain and
disability for lumbar spinal stenosis patients. (3) Another study reported
that chronic back pain sufferers with moderate to severe symptoms improved 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 did physical therapy. (5) LSS patients also have
altered gait and balance issues. (1,6) CTFDD helps these things,
too! A study regarding the influence of spinal manipulation on
balance issues in LSS patients explained 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 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. Pensacola
lumbar spinal stenosis is everywhere, and its relieving partner is your
Pensacola chiropractor here at Pensacola Spinal Rehab Center!
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 group of researchers sets up
a new study to analyze if a 6-week education and exercise
program will enhanced the walking capacity of lumbar spinal
stenosis patients with neurogenic claudication (7), Pensacola Spinal Rehab Center
suggests