LUMBAR SPINAL STENOSIS: What do to?
Lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) is reportedly
one of the most common spinal conditions in the US, impacting
over 500 million people over 65 years old. (1)
As researchers struggle to propose a more systematic approach
to managing patient care for lumbar spinal stenosis sufferers,
your Fort Wayne chiropractor delivers gentle, safe, relieving treatment. The latest effort
at a system underscored that each LSS patient is unique in her/his experience
which restrains any algorithm to be “soft guidance” as to its treatment
plan based initially on the LSS patient's pain relief with
spinal flexion. (2) Since spinal stenosis is typically
a systemic issue, meaning if you have spinal stenosis in
the lumbar spine, you likely have it in other spinal areas like the cervical as
well, you don’t want to overlook it. Further,
lumbar spinal stenosis isn’t a condition that appears and
disappears forever. Its pain can be contained, but it’s often “chronic,”
meaning it lasts beyond 90 days. Be hopeful! Cox Chiropractic Medicine Inc is experienced in ways to help with lumbar spinal stenosis relief. One study reported
that flexion distraction significantly decreased pain and
disability for lumbar spinal stenosis patients. (3) Another study reported
that chronic back pain sufferers with moderate to severe symptoms got better
the most with the chiropractic technique, Cox® Technic Flexion Distraction
Decompression (CTFDD), compared with physical therapy. (4) Those same patients experienced
significantly lower pain scores over the following 12 months than did
patients who underwent physical therapy. (5) LSS patients also have
altered gait and balance concerns. (1,6) CTFDD helps these issues,
too! A study regarding the influence of spinal manipulation on
balance issues in LSS patients explained that flexion
distraction spinal manipulation improved function, symptoms, and
performance-based mobility in patients with lumbar spinal stenosis. (6) We also
anticipate the outcomes of a prospective data collection
study in its second year of follow-up with patients who were treated
with CTFDD for relief of their LSS-related back
pain. Data collection will be done in late
2023 with findings being published in the years to come. Fort Wayne
lumbar spinal stenosis is everywhere, and its relieving partner is your
Fort Wayne chiropractor here at Cox Chiropractic Medicine Inc!
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Dean Greenwood on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson
as he describes his relieving treatment of a spinal
stenosis patient with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain
Management.

TIP OF THE MONTH: Stretch, Strengthen, Walk for LSS
Improvement
As a set of researchers begins
a new study to evaluate if a 6-week education and exercise
program will enhanced the walking capacity of lumbar spinal
stenosis patients who also have neurogenic claudication (7), Cox Chiropractic Medicine Inc
recommends