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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 ...

(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. ...

Medically reviewed by Jennifer Steinhoff, MD Key Takeaways Neural foraminal stenosis occurs when the space a spinal nerve ...

Typically speaking, physical therapists and chiropractors see a large number of patients over the age of 50. The longer we live, the more likely we are to experience conditions related to degenerative ...

Throughout my career as a physical therapist, I've heard this question so many times that I felt it was worthy of this article. Stenosis is also one of the more misunderstood spinal diagnoses. In ...

Back decompression aims to relieve back pain by taking pressure off compressed spinal discs. There are surgical and nonsurgical methods of back decompression. Nonsurgical therapy includes spinal ...

If you have back pain, you are in the majority. Estimates vary, but approximately 60 to 80 percent of us will get at least mild back pain at some time in our lives. In 2007 alone, about 27 million U.S ...

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 ...