LUMBAR SPINAL STENOSIS: What do to?
Lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) is seemingly
one of the most common spinal conditions in the US, affecting
more than 500 million people over the age of 62. (1)
As researchers struggle to propose a more systematic approach
to managing patient care for lumbar spinal stenosis patients,
your Largo chiropractor delivers gentle, safe, relieving treatment. The most recent effort
at a system underscored that each LSS patient is unique in her/his experience
which restrains any algorithm to be “soft guidance” as to its treatment
plan based primarily on the LSS patient's pain relief with
spinal flexion. (2) Since spinal stenosis is characteristically
a systemic issue, meaning if you have spinal stenosis in
the lumbar spine, you likely have it in other spinal areas like the cervical as
well, you do not want to ignore it. Further,
lumbar spinal stenosis is not a condition that appears and
disappears forever. Its pain can be contained, but its status
as a condition remains one that researchers classify as “chronic,”
meaning it lasts beyond 90 days. Have hope! Your
chiropractor can help with lumbar spinal stenosis relief. One study documented
that flexion distraction significantly decreased pain and
disability for lumbar spinal stenosis patients. (3) Another study stated
that chronic back pain sufferers with moderate to severe symptoms improved most with the chiropractic technique, Cox® Technic Flexion Distraction
Decompression (CTFDD), compared with physical therapy. (4) Those same patients experienced
significantly lower pain scores over the following 12 months than did
patients who underwent physical therapy. (5) LSS patients also experience
altered gait and balance issues. (1,6) CTFDD helps these issues,
too! A study about the influence of spinal manipulation on
balance issues in LSS patients documented that flexion
distraction spinal manipulation enhanced function, symptoms, and
performance-based mobility in patients with lumbar spinal stenosis. (6) We also
look forward to the outcomes of a prospective data collection
study in its second year of follow-up with patients who underwent CTFDD for relief of their LSS-associated back
pain. Data collection will be completed in late
2023 with findings being published in the years to come. Largo
lumbar spinal stenosis is everywhere, and its relieving partner is your
Largo chiropractor here at Hollstrom & Associates Inc!
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Dean Greenwood on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson
as he explains his alleviating treatment of a spinal
stenosis patient with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain
Management.
TIP OF THE MONTH: Stretch, Strengthen, Walk for LSS
Improvement
As a set of researchers sets up
a new study to analyze if a 6-week education and exercise
program will improve the walking capacity of lumbar spinal
stenosis patients who also have neurogenic claudication (7), we} recommend walking and exercising
now! Much research indicates
that lumbar spinal stenosis responds to exercise. One study revealed
that individualized exercise (stretches and strengthening) in combination with manual therapy (like out CTFDD spinal manipulation
mobilization!) beat medical care and group exercise with greater
symptom and function improvement as well as walking capacity at 2 months of
care. (8) Hollstrom & Associates Inc has just the program of stretching, strengthening, and
manipulation for you! We will design it together!
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We appreciate all of our patients
here at Hollstrom & Associates Inc and look forward to a healthy 2023! Set
your next Largo chiropractic visit with
Hollstrom & Associates Inc soon to keep your
spine in great shape. See you then!
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