A 30-year-old member asked:
What is the best treatment for spinal stenosis for a male?
1 doctor answer • 2 doctors weighed in
Dr. David Rosenfeldanswered
Pain Management 29 years experience
See below: Medicines to relieve pain and inflammation.
Exercise, to maintain or achieve overall good health.
Weight loss, to relieve symptoms and slow progression of the stenosis.
Physical therapy
lumbar epidural steroid injections
lumbar decompressive laminectomy.
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A member asked:
Best treatment for advanced spinal stenosis?
5 doctor answers • 13 doctors weighed in
Dr. Michael Bolestaanswered
Orthopedic Surgery 42 years experience
Probably surgery: If by advanced you mean symptoms (pain, numbness, tingling, and/or weakness) are severe enough to interfere with normal activities, surgery to take pressure off the nerves (decompression) is more effective than nonsurgical treatments.
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A 69-year-old female asked:
Is there a successful treatment for spinal stenosis?
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Dr. Frank Kuitemsanswered
Internal Medicine 38 years experience
Yes : Surgery they can do a decompression removing the Spurs and the bony narrowing or in some cases a larger surgery called a fusion where they use small titanium rods and screws to hold the vertebrae in a fixed position
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A 44-year-old male asked:
Treatment for spinal stenosis?
2 doctor answers • 4 doctors weighed in
Dr. Thomas Dowlinganswered
Orthopedic Spine Surgery 42 years experience
None to surgery : Up to 20% of the population will have stenosis by imaging studies by age 60. A lot have little to minimal symptoms. Treatment can include: medication, exercise/physical therapy, zero degree lordosis brace, epidural steroid injections & if all treatment fails & symptoms warrant it, surgery in terms of decompressing the neural elements by a laminectomy in the lower back & several options in neck.
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