Spinal stenosis is the narrowing of the canal through which the spinal cord passes. Thus, compression occurs in the spinal cord and nerves and symptoms occur as a result. Spinal stenosis is a disease seen mostly in the older age group. As the spine ages, the spinal canal narrows as a result of thickening in the ligaments and facet joints, calcification, and bulging of the disc. There are rarely people whose spinal canal is congenitally narrow. In these people, stenosis symptoms may be seen at a later age. It is a disease most commonly seen in the waist and then the neck, and rarely in the back area. The probability of being seen in both the waist and neck at the same time is 30%.
In the lumbar narrow canal (waist), the patient has to walk and rest for a while. These walking times gradually shorten. He walks leaning forward. There is waist and leg pain. Later, numbness, tingling and loss of strength in the legs may develop. He may have difficulty controlling his urination and defecation.
Numbness, tingling, loss of strength and unsteady walking occur in both arms and legs in the cervical stenosis (neck).
The main treatment for spinal stenosis is. It is surgery. In other words, there is no other form of treatment that will expand the spinal canal. When the patient will undergo surgery is decided based on the patient's complaints, examination findings and radiological examinations; What kind of surgery is planned? It is recommended that the patient be followed up after the surgery, starting abdominal and back muscle strengthening exercises and physical therapy after the sixth week.
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