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Could spinal stenosis get so bad you can't bend without extreme pain?
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No: Spinal stenosis actully improve with bending forward if the pain is on bending is suggests other etiologies for your pain possibly muscular.
Answered 12/2/2019
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Not forward but : Not bending forward which would open the spinal canal giving some relief but bending backwards would further narrow the canal causing greater neural compression and more pain in severe cases.
Answered 12/2/2019
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