Spinal Stenosis

What is Spinal Stenosis?

Stenosis is the medical term for narrowing. When the diameter of the spinal canal which the spinal cord passes through narrows or is reduced in part by a bulging disc it causes narrowing and is called spinal stenosis. It commonly develops over time, but some people are born with the condition. The narrowing pinches and irritates the spinal cord and/or nerve roots and is most common in the lumbar (lower back). However, cervical stenosis can also occur in the neck.

What are the Symptoms and Causes of Spinal Stenosis?

The narrowing causes compression on the spinal cord, and/or nerve roots leading to pain. Common symptoms of lumbar stenosis include:

• Pain radiating from the lower back, down into the buttock, along the back or side of the thigh, and down as far as the toes
• Numbness and/or burning
• Tingling or muscle weakness
• Difficulty moving or controlling the leg
• Difficulty sitting or standing without experiencing pain

Symptoms of cervical spinal stenosis can include:

• Paralysis

• Tingling and numbness in the arms
• Major body weakness
• Paralysis

Other possible symptoms of spinal stenosis might include:

• Pain when lying down
• Severe or progressive nerve deficit

• Deterioration of fine motor skills
• Fever
• Night time pain
• Gait disturbance
• Structural deformity
• Unexplained weight loss
• Pain when lying down
• Severe or progressive nerve deficit

Aging is a common cause of spinal degeneration, but other issues can contribute to spinal canal narrowing such as:

• Tumors
• Soft-tissue inflammation
• Compression fractures in the vertebrae (seen more commonly in patients who have osteoporosis)

• Bulging or herniation of spinal discs
• Thickening of ligaments
• Development of bone spurs
• Breakdown of facet joints
• Spondylolisthesis (slipped vertebra)
• Spinal Degeneration
• Formation of cysts on the facet joints
• Arthritis
• Instability of the spine
• Trauma
• Tumors
• Soft-tissue inflammation
• Compression fractures in the vertebrae (seen more commonly in patients who have osteoporosis)

Spinal Stenosis Treatment Options

Dr. Ron Nusbaum created his own unique system of care to deliver rapid, non-invasive, and long-lasting lower back and neck pain relief. The first of its kind in Canada, the High-Performance Healing SystemTM has succeeded where other conventional treatments have failed. The system involves three steps:

Non-Surgical Spinal Decompression

Spinal decompression is a non-invasive procedure that delivers painless, precise and accurate targeted stretching of the damaged disc, causing a reduction of pain, inflammation which jumpstarts the healing of the disc and of course the back pain it causes. Think of Spinal Decompression, a kind of an outside in healing approach.

Class IV Summus Therapy

Laser therapy, also called photobiomodulation, is used to help heal the damaged disc responsible for back or neck pain. This powerful, deep penetrating laser light is specifically aimed at the damaged discs. The laser light then interacts with the cells of the damaged discs to ultimately promote pain relief, reduction of inflammation and enhancing tissue repair of the spinal disc. Think of laser therapy as a kind of an inside-out job, just the opposite of spinal decompression.

Disc Renewal Plus™

This all-natural nutritional supplementation system was formulated with the goal to support reduction in pain and inflammation and support the healing of damaged connective tissue (discs are made of this). Disc Renewal Plus™ has a similar role to play in back pain healing as Class IV K-l laser, but from a nutritional perspective. Disc Renewal Plus™ is custom formulated by Dr. Nusbaum and available exclusively only to patients of Back Clinics of Canada.

Stenosis Home Exercise

This all-natural nutritional supplementation system was formulated with the goal to support reduction in pain and inflammation and support the healing of damaged connective tissue (discs are made of this). Disc Renewal Plus™ has a similar role to play in back pain healing as Class IV K-l laser, but from a nutritional perspective. Disc Renewal Plus™ is custom formulated by Dr. Nusbaum and available exclusively only to patients of Back Clinics of Canada.

Manipulation

This all-natural nutritional supplementation system was formulated with the goal to support reduction in pain and inflammation and support the healing of damaged connective tissue (discs are made of this). Disc Renewal Plus™ has a similar role to play in back pain healing as Class IV K-l laser, but from a nutritional perspective. Disc Renewal Plus™ is custom formulated by Dr. Nusbaum and available exclusively only to patients of Back Clinics of Canada.