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Montreal Walking and Non-Drug Therapy for Back Pain and Stenosis

August 17, 2022

Lumbar spinal stenosis and its related back pain is common and distressing for its sufferers. Dementia, neurogenic claudication, reduced walking distance, poor balance, decreased quality of life, and altered posture often accompany spinal stenosis. Disc herniations, disc degeneration, and other spinal canal space intruders invite spinal stenosis. At Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic, Montreal spinal stenosis sufferers who want to uninvite spinal stenosis have someone by their side.

THE IMPACT OF LUMBAR SPINAL STENOSIS

Research continues to present lumbar spinal stenosis as being linked to issues like dementia development, walking capacity, and lower quality of life. A new study reported that lumbar spinal stenosis was an independent risk factor for developing dementia. Of 1220 patients, 10.8% of the lumbar spinal stenosis patients had dementia compared to just 4.4% of the control group members. (1) Older adults with lumbar spinal stenosis were portrayed as altering their posture with a forward bend to improve their ability and tolerance for walking. Researchers who studied this phenomenon found that this posture was more of a forward shift of the pelvis while walking and standing. They concluded that limited walking in symptomatic spinal stenosis patients was more related to spine loading which increased 7%. (2) Whatever it is linked to, decreased walking ability isn’t good. Someday it will be nice to more fully understand the part stenosis plays in relationship to slowed walking, but for now, Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic will continue to encourage walking for spinal stenosis patients, slow and steady and distance furthered as able.

THE TREATMENT OF LUMBAR SPINAL STENOSIS: Walk

Since spinal stenosis is so common a condition in older folks, many guidelines and reports are issued and with good reason. Reduced ability to walk and quality of life are recorded side-effects of lumbar spinal stenosis. These 2 issues remain the main indicators for back surgery in older patients. Sadly, 40% of those who undergo spinal surgery for the lumbar spinal stenosis still report walking issues after surgery. (3) Recommendation 1 of a newer guideline for handling lumbar spinal stenosis and associated neurogenic claudication suggested non-surgical multimodal care to include non-drug therapy with education, advice, lifestyle changes, home exercise, manual therapy, acupuncture (trial), rehab, and therapy. (4) An update to the 2013 Cochrane review of research studies on the outcomes of treatments for lumbar spine stenosis related neurogenic claudication that decreased walking found that manual therapy and exercise to increase walking distance together was a beneficial treatment method. Epidural steroids were not. (5) Conservative, non-surgical care of Montreal spinal stenosis is endorsed by spine researchers and by Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic.

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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Nate McKee on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he illustrates the relief with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management for a patient with lumbar spinal stenosis and balance issues. Relief with Cox® Technic is described.

Make your Montreal chiropractic appointment soon for pain relief of spinal stenosis that can get you walking (more) again!

 
Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic encourages walking and guideline-recommended non-drug therapy for spinal stenosis, reduction of its pain, and improvement in walking.