It’s estimated that as many as 75 percent of us will have some form of back or neck pain at some point in our lifetime. The good news is that most of us will recover without the need for surgery — and ...

Chronic spinal stenosis affects millions of people worldwide, causing debilitating pain, numbness, and mobility limitations that can severely impact quality of life. This condition occurs when the ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am an 86-year-old male in relatively good health. I developed pain in my lower back, buttocks and upper legs that started a couple of months ago. It is particularly painful in the ...

Q. My grandmother has been told that she has spinal stenosis and might need surgery in the future. Can you tell me something about this problem and its management? A. Stenosis means narrowing, so ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. DEAR DR. ROACH: I am an 86-year-old male in relatively good health. I ...

(Reuters Health) - Physical therapy may work as well as surgery for easing symptoms of lumbar spinal stenosis, a common cause of nerve damage and lower back pain among older people, a study suggests. ...

Background Lumbal spinal stenosis causes back pain spreading as far as the legs and thereby constrains the activities of daily living. By walking in a flexed position patients try to extend the ...

WEBVTT MEGAN: SPINAL STENOSIS IS THEREASON GAIL YUMKAS WAS IN PAINFOR THREE YEARS.IT WAS SO BAD, SOME DAYS SHECOULDN'T WALK.>> IT WAS EXCRUCIATING.SHARP, BURNING, YOU NAME IT.I HAD IT.MEGAN SHE DIDN'T ...

Lumbar spinal stenosis is a common cause of radicular leg pain and neurogenic claudication in older adults. In this multicenter U.S. study, investigators compared surgical and nonsurgical care in ...

NEITHER GLASSES. NORMALLY A BUSY WOMAN WHO LIKES TO TRAVEL. BUT SHE SAYS HER SPINAL STENOSIS DIAGNOSIS TWO YEARS AGO CHANGED EVERYTHING. IT WAS DEBILITATING. I COULDN’T EVEN WALK. I WAS IN A ...