Carrolltown Walking and Non-Drug Therapy for Back Pain and Stenosis
Lumbar spinal stenosis and its related back pain is widespread and distressing for many. Dementia, neurogenic claudication, decreased walking distance, poor balance, decreased quality of life, and modified posture often attend spinal stenosis. Disc herniations, disc degeneration, and other spinal canal space invaders invite spinal stenosis. At Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation, Carrolltown spinal stenosis patients who want to uninvite spinal stenosis have someone to help.
THE IMPACT OF LUMBAR SPINAL STENOSIS
Research keeps presenting lumbar spinal stenosis as being linked to conditions like dementia development, walking capacity, and lower quality of life. A new study stated that lumbar spinal stenosis was an independent risk factor for acquiring 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 changing their posture with a forward bend to improve their ability and tolerance for walking. Researchers who looked into this phenomenon found that this posture was more of a forward shift of the pelvis during walking and standing. They deduced that limited walking in symptomatic spinal stenosis patients was more related to spine loading which rose 7%. (2) Whatever it is related to, reduced walking ability isn’t good. Someday it will be nice to understand more clearly the role of stenosis in relationship to decreased walking, but for now, Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation will keep encouraging walking for spinal stenosis patients, slow and steady and distance furthered as tolerated.
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 walking ability and quality of life are documented side-effects of lumbar spinal stenosis. These two issues persist as the leading gauges for back surgery in older sufferers. Sadly, 40% of those who undergo spinal surgery for the lumbar spinal stenosis still state walking issues after surgery. (3) Recommendation 1 of a newer guideline for managing lumbar spinal stenosis and associated neurogenic claudication encouraged non-surgical multimodal care to consist of 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 regarding the outcomes of treatments for lumbar spine stenosis related neurogenic claudication that reduced walking found that manual therapy and exercise to improve walking distance together was an effective treatment method. Epidural steroids were not. (5) Conservative, non-surgical care of Carrolltown spinal stenosis is recommended by spine researchers and by Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation.
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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.
Schedule your Carrolltown chiropractic appointment now for pain relief of spinal stenosis that can get you walking (more) again!
