That is  an excellent question! Spine surgeons are not positive about the best route for spinal stenosis, after all conservative care is getting more consideration in the medical research! Satterwhite Chiropractic offers non-surgical care that eases discomfort for Oxford spinal stenosis sufferers. Chiropractic patients in Oxford suffering fromspinal stenosis know come to Satterwhite Chiropractic will find our care gentle and comfortable and applaud the research and procedures behind its administration.

 

First of all, what is spinal stenosis? Spinal stenosis is the result of narrowing in the spinal canal area. In particular lumbar spinal stenosis happens as we age for many of us when degeneration of the spine begins to appear. This may have to do with how the spinal elements were formed from square one at birth. (Sometimes people are born with narrow spinal canals.) Likewise spinal stenosis can be the impact of a disc herniation that is implanting itself into the spinal canal, taking up the space that is designed for the spinal nerves. No matter the cause, spinal stenosis’ narrowing creates pain.

 

When surgeons discover spinal stenosis in a patient they often offer surgical options to widen that narrowed space. There are many approaches from which a patient may take. One option is decompressive surgery. 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 stenosis can also be fought with spinal fusion. 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)

 

Your Oxford chiropractor at Satterwhite Chiropractic sees spinal stenosis and provides chiropractic care and spinal manipulation to conservatively relieve the pain of spinal stenosis. Satterwhite Chiropractic is the spot for Oxford conservative care of back pain. Satterwhite Chiropractic 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 Satterwhite Chiropractic, the Oxford chiropractic practice for gentle relief of back pain. Satterwhite Chiropractic chiropractic care at Oxford most certainly is the answer to the question of “how can I manage my pain from spinal stenosis?” for you!