Spinal Stenosis Treatment

Depending on the severity of symptoms, spinal stenosis can often be managed by non-surgical. The two most common treatments for spinal stenosis include:

change of activity to treat spinal stenosis. Patients are generally advised to avoid activities that cause the negative symptoms of spinal stenosis. Patients are generally more at ease while forward flexed. Examples of change of activity could include: walking, bent and leaning on a walker or shopping cart instead of walking upright, stationary bike instead of walking for exercise, sitting in a chair rather than on a straight chair back.

Epidural injections to treat spinal stenosis. An injection of cortisone into the space outside the dura mater (epidural space) may temporarily relieve the symptoms of spinal stenosis. Although these injections can rarely be considered curative, they can relieve pain in about 50% of cases. Up to three injections over a period of several months may be tried. Even if they are not considered diagnostic in themselves, generally, if the pain caused by spinal stenosis is relieved by an injection, the patient can also expect a good result if later choose surgery .

try neural therapy (Dr. William Faber, MD) or reconstructive therapy (Dr. John Parks Trowbridge, MD)