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How To Treat Cervical Spinal Stenosis?

My doctor recently told me that I have cervical canal stenosis. I just turned 40 and have never before had problems with my neck or back until about a year ago. I don t remember every hurting it and I am fearful. I am supposed to be scheduled to see a neurosurgeon next, but I have not heard from their office. Can you give me an idea of what I m looking at? I had never heard of this until a couple of weeks ago.
Tue, 15 Sep 2015
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As we age, the spine may develop degenerative changes in the joints that can create tightening of the spinal canal. Over time this process may lead to pinching the spinal cord and compromise of coordination of the extremities. Cervical stenosis is a slowly progressive condition that pinches the spinal cord in the neck. Cervical myelopathy refers to this compression of the cervical spinal cord as a result of spinal stenosis. Cervical spinal stenosis with myelopathy is more common in elderly patients.
Cervical stenosis symptoms :
Heavy feeling in the legs
Inability to walk at a brisk pace
Deterioration in fine motor skills (such as handwriting or buttoning a shirt)
Intermittent shooting pains into the arms and legs (like an electrical shock), especially when bending their head forward (known as Lermitte’s phenomenon)
Arm pain.
A cervical spinal stenosis surgery involving decompression may or may not improve the symptoms. Typically, the main goal of this cervical spinal stenosis treatment is to arrest the progressive nature of the condition and stabilize the patient’s neurological condition.
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How To Treat Cervical Spinal Stenosis?

As we age, the spine may develop degenerative changes in the joints that can create tightening of the spinal canal. Over time this process may lead to pinching the spinal cord and compromise of coordination of the extremities. Cervical stenosis is a slowly progressive condition that pinches the spinal cord in the neck. Cervical myelopathy refers to this compression of the cervical spinal cord as a result of spinal stenosis. Cervical spinal stenosis with myelopathy is more common in elderly patients. Cervical stenosis symptoms : Heavy feeling in the legs Inability to walk at a brisk pace Deterioration in fine motor skills (such as handwriting or buttoning a shirt) Intermittent shooting pains into the arms and legs (like an electrical shock), especially when bending their head forward (known as Lermitte’s phenomenon) Arm pain. A cervical spinal stenosis surgery involving decompression may or may not improve the symptoms. Typically, the main goal of this cervical spinal stenosis treatment is to arrest the progressive nature of the condition and stabilize the patient’s neurological condition.