Low back pain and spinal stenosis
Spinal stenosis is a narrowing of the spinal canal such that the nerve roots running through the spinal canal are compressed by a variety of different structures, such as bulging discs, bulges, ligaments, and/or arthritic enlarged facet joints. Joints. The area of the lumbar spine that becomes narrowed often determines the type of symptoms patients will experience. Patients often experience back pain, hip pain, buttock pain, such as pain, numbness and tingling in the legs or feet, or a combination of all these symptoms. It often occurs in patients over 40 years of age, but can also occur in younger people.
Other conditions, such as cardiovascular constriction of the blood vessels in the legs, should be considered as another possible cause for the patient’s symptoms.
Spinal stenosis is often a condition that can become a chronic source of disability for people. It can seriously affect their quality of life, making activities such as walking, sports and hobbies very difficult.
Spinal stenosis can be treated in several ways, usually with a combination of exercise and physical therapy. When therapy no longer leads to improvement in a patient’s symptoms, spinal injections may become an option. If all else fails, simple decompression to clear the space for the spinal canal by removing the bony arthritis, thick and ligament, and/or bulging disc is performed using minimally invasive techniques to correct the spinal stenosis. to light up.
– Dr. Shukairy, minimally invasive spine surgeon
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