Our spine provides support to our back and is the central region from which spinal nerves branch out in the entire body. As you age, your bones and joints suffer gradual degeneration, which is a natural part of ageing. This can cause a number of different problems, among which stenosis is quite common. This spine condition requires guided spine therapy at a spine clinic to ensure appropriate management of your symptoms.
Stenosis generally occurs as a result of spinal vertebrae degeneration that causes narrowing/contraction of the spinal canal. When your spinal canal becomes contracted, it can put pressure on the surrounding nerves. This condition progressively worsens, causing weakness in your legs. In some cases, it can be asymptomatic. You should be aware of the general stenosis symptoms so that you can seek timely medical help before it worsens.
About 95% of the people who have stenosis also have sciatica. So, there can be some common symptoms of stenosis and sciatica, which may include:
- Pain that radiates down the leg (same as in sciatica)
- Cramping in the arms and legs, along with general pain
- Neck pain or back pain
- Foot drop: the weak leg causes the foot to slap against the ground
- Numbness, tingling, and weakness in the limbs
- Pain reduces while sitting and increases when upright
- Bowel and bladder dysfunction
There can also be sensory changes in the arms and legs if you develop stenosis.These symptoms may appear after significant damage has been done to the spine. You can develop stenosis due to a wide range of conditions and problems. Knowing the causes of stenosis can help you to understand your exposure to these risk factors.
You may develop spinal stenosis due to conditions including:
- Rheumatoid or Osteoarthritis
- Bone spur
- Spinal fluid leaking through the herniated disc
- Ligament thickening
- Having a small spinal canal
- Tumour in the spinal canal
- Degenerative Scoliosis
- Spondylolisthesis
- Injuries that dislocate the spine
Spinal stenosis requires professional diagnosis and management to ensure appropriate treatment of your symptoms. At QI Spine Clinic, our spine specialists possess extensive experience in managing and treating a wide variety of spine conditions and disorders, majorly using non-invasive, conservative methods for better management of symptoms. Our spine specialists advocate accurate diagnosis of your spine problems to ensure that you get the care you need. Using our cutting-edge, non-invasive diagnostic technique – Digital Spine Analysis (DSA), our spine specialists can isolate weak muscles to identify your individual problems, which will enable them to curate individualised treatment protocols.
To render non-invasive treatments for spinal stenosis, our spine doctors at QI Spine Clinic employ Cell Repair Treatment, which enables spine rehabilitation and isolation treatment using specific frequency microcurrent to stimulate and repair cells in the damaged region. Our advanced spine rehabilitation measures have been successful in delivering great results with 12 weeks of QI spine therapy. QI Spine Clinic seeks excellence in delivering a broad range of spine care treatments.
