That is  a superb question! Spine surgeons aren’t sure about the best route for spinal stenosis, after all conservative care is benefiting from a higher regard in the medical research! Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic gives non-surgical care that alleviates pain for Montreal spinal stenosis sufferers. Chiropractic patients in Montreal withspinal stenosis know come to Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic will find our care gentle and comfortable and commend the research and procedures backing its administration.

 

So what exactly is spinal stenosis? Spinal stenosis is the narrowing of the spinal canal area. For many of us lumbar spinal stenosis happens with age when erosion of the spine emerges. One reason this happens may be due to how the spinal elements were constructed from the beginning. (In some cases people are born with narrow spinal canals.) It could also be a disc herniation that is implanting itself into the spinal canal, taking up the space that is designed for the spinal nerves. Regardless of the cause, spinal stenosis’ narrowing causes pain.

 

When surgeons identify spinal stenosis in a patient they often provide surgical options to broaden that narrowed space. There are many paths from which a patient may choose. Decompressive surgery is one such option.. It is cost-effective for lumbar spinal stenosis, but surgical and conservative treatment approaches result in comparable quality of life at one year follow up. (1) Spinal fusion is another such option. A Cochrane Database Review, a big deal in the world of research, reports that there is no significant difference at 6 months and 12 months post spine surgery for lumbar spinal stenosis. Cochrane pulled from 12,966 citations to conclude further that they have very little confidence to determine whether surgical or conservative care is better for lumbar spinal stenosis. They, therefore, offer no new clinical practice recommendations for doctors to follow. They do emphasize though that side-effects from surgery range from 10% to 24% and side effects from conservative care, 0%. There were no side effects from conservative care for lumbar spine stenosis in their review. Further, they report that there were no clear benefits seen with surgery versus no surgery. They warn clinicians to carefully inform patients about possible treatment options “especially given that conservative treatment options have results in no reported side effects.” (2)

 

Chiropractors like yours at Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic diagnose spinal stenosis and give chiropractic care and spinal manipulation to conservatively relieve the pain of spinal stenosis. Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic is the location for Montreal conservative care of back pain. Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic uses the Cox Technic system of spinal manipulation to open the spinal canal area by 28%, allowing the nerves to breathe, and drop intradiscal pressures to as low as -192mmHg. (3,4)

 

For relief of pain due to lumbar spinal stenosis, schedule an appointment with Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic, the Montreal chiropractic practice for gentle relief of back pain. Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic chiropractic care at Montreal may well be the answer to the question of “what to do with spinal stenosis?” for you!