Back And Leg Pain
Lumbar Spine Stenosis: A Common Cause of Back and Leg Pain
Patients with lumbar spinal stenosis are typically comfortable at rest but cannot walk far without developing leg pain. Pain Relief is achieved, sometimes almost immediately, when they sit down again. For most people, symptoms of lumbar stenosis will typically fluctuate, with some periods of more severe symptoms and some with fewer or none, but symptoms are not always progressive over time. The typical symptom is increased pain in the legs with walking (pseudoclaudication), which can markedly diminish one’s activity level. Lumbar spinal stenosis is typically caused by degenerative arthritis
Acute and chronic neck and lower Back Pain represents a major health care problem in the United States. An estimated 75% of all people will experience back pain at some time in their lives. Most patients who present with an acute episode of back pain recover without surgery, while 3-5% of patients presenting with back pain have a herniated disc, and 1-2% have compression of a nerve root. Older patients present with more chronic or recurrent symptoms of degenerative Spinal Disease. Spinal stenosis is part of the aging process, and predicting who will be affected is not possible. No clear correlation is noted between the symptoms of stenosis and race, occupation, sex, or body type. The degenerative process can be managed, but it cannot be prevented by diet, exercise, or lifestyle. Spinal stenosis is most common in the cervical and lumbar areas. The most common cause of lumbar spinal stenosis is degenerative arthritis and Degenerative Disc disease. As with other joints in the body, arthritis commonly occurs in the spine as part of the normal aging process and as a result of osteoarthritis. This can lead to loss of the cartilage between the bones at the joints, formation of bone spurs (osteophytes), loss of the normal height of the discs between the vertebrae of the spine (degenerative disc disease, also known as spondylosis), and overgrowth (hypertrophy) of the ligamentous structures. Further degeneration of the lumbar discs can lead to slippage of one vertebra on another, a process referred to as spondylolesthesis. Each of these processes can reduce the normal space available for the nerves in the spinal canal and result in direct pressure on nerve tissues to cause the symptoms of lumbar spinal stenosis. Lumbar spinal stenosis can also be caused by other conditions that decrease the space of the spinal canal or vertebral foramen. There are three major types of stenosis and accurate identification is vital to Stenosis Treatment: Lateral stenosis: The most common type of spinal stenosis, lateral stenosis occurs when a nerve root that has left the spinal canal is compressed by either a bulging disc, herniated disc or bone protrusion beyond the foramen. Central stenosis: Occurring when the central canal in the Lower Back is choked, central stenosis may lead to compression of the cauda equina nerve Foraminal Stenosis: When a nerve root in the lower back is pressed on and trapped by a bone spur in the foramen, or the opening where the nerve root leaves the spinal canal.
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