Surgery. Physical therapy. Exercise. Braces. Spinal
injections. Chiropractic. Spinal manipulation. So many options are available
for the treatment of lumbar spinal stenosis.
(1) But they can leave the
Carrolltown back pain sufferer in a difficult position to make a
decision about how to get rid of the pain. Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation understands and is here to help.
Sadly, spinal surgery is a common treatment older adults
with chronic low back pain due to lumbar spinal stenosis. To curb this trend,
researchers are working on an algorithm for physicians to follow when
diagnosing and treating older patients with low back pain due to lumbar spinal
stenosis. This approach is focused on helping low back sufferers to find relief
with conservative treatment focused on keeping and/or returning these
patients to functional status.(2)
Chiropractic fits this proposed system. Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation
plans to keep Carrolltown chiropractic patients with back pain
and lumbar spinal stenosis functional, keep them mobile, keep them enjoying
life with as little interruption by back pain as possible. Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation
offers Cox Technic. It’s Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation’s use of Cox Technic is a gentle,
conservative approach to relieving back pain and related leg pain due to lumbar
spinal stenosis. Chiropractic Cox Technic is research-documented to safely
increase the spinal canal area by up to 28% in a doctor directed and controlled
manner.
As a side note, a Cochrane review concluded that
non-surgical interventions studied had no side effects while surgical interventions
produced 10% to 24% side-effects. (1)
Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation offers just that conservative treatment may be worth a
try before a surgical intervention for lumbar spinal stenosis.
Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation knows that Carrolltown low back pain
patients with lumbar spinal stenosis want to know how they’ll respond to conservative,
non-surgical care like chiropractic spinal manipulation. That’s quite
understandable! Researchers are getting pretty good at identifying some factors
that may well answer that question. However, not all outcome predicting measures
are consistent. Such uncertainty will keep researchers
working for a long time! But factors like age, a patient’s beginning-of-care
rating of pain, body mass index and leg pain description are pretty reliable. (3,4)
Count on your Carrolltown chiropractor to ask a variety of
questions during the clinical examination!
How many questions might your Carrolltown
chiropractor need to diagnose lumbar spine stenosis? Just 6! Research shows
that back pain specialists can be 80% certain of the diagnosis after hearing
the answer to just 6 questions. What types of questions are these 6? Simple
ones like “do you get leg or buttock pain when you walk?” or “do you feel
better when you flex forward?” or “does your back pain go away when you use a
shopping cart or ride a bike?” do the trick. (5) Do you see a theme here? Spinal
stenosis patients often find relief by flexing forward. Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation offers
Carrolltown chiropractic spinal care that carefully incorporates flexion
to give relief. Fellow Carrolltown chiropractic patients with lumbar
spinal stenosis answer these questions similarly and are thankful for the
relief after treatment!
Make time now to contact Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation to arrange your
Carrolltown chiropractic appointment for conservative management and
relief of your back pain. You’ll be glad you did!