What is the best way to treat lumbar spinal stenosis? 6 major treatment methods

Don’t ignore the dangers of lumbar spinal stenosis. Severe cases can lead to incontinence, lameness, limited mobility, and obvious symptoms of lower back and leg pain. To treat lumbar spinal stenosis, you must first exercise more, combined with medication and minimally invasive treatments, which are very effective.

1. Six major treatments for spinal stenosis

1. Physical exercise

It can strengthen the back extensor muscles and abdominal muscles, increase the stability of the lumbar spine, and thus delay the rate of lumbar joint degeneration. Practicing Tai Chi has a good effect on this disease.

2. Drug therapy

Taking medicine, getting injections, and applying plasters are all considered drug therapies. Drug therapies mainly have the effects of reducing inflammation and swelling, relieving pain, and promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis.

3. Minimally invasive therapy

Laser needle knife can loosen adhesions and has a good therapeutic effect on spinal stenosis.

4. Blockade therapy

Injecting drugs into pain points and around nerve roots is called blockade therapy, which mainly plays the role of anti-inflammatory, analgesic and improving blood circulation.

5. Massage

Tuina massage is very helpful in relieving the symptoms of spinal stenosis, but you should go to a regular hospital for treatment, because if the wrong method is used, it will aggravate the symptoms. Its function: It can promote blood circulation, remove blood stasis, dredge meridians and relieve symptoms.

6. Surgical treatment

Surgical treatment is mainly used for those whose life, work and rest are seriously affected and for those who have not responded to non-surgical treatment. Surgery changes the original tissue structure of the human body and is a invasive treatment.

2. What are the dangers of spinal stenosis?

1. Urinary and bowel disorders

Bowel and urinary disorders usually occur later. In the early stage, the symptoms include weak urination and defecation, frequent urination, urgency and constipation. In the late stage, urinary retention and incontinence may occur.

2. Limping

Symptoms worsen when the spine is extended and relieved when the spine is flexed. A small number of patients have lower limb muscle atrophy, and the Achilles tendon reflex is sometimes weakened or disappeared. It may also be accompanied by lameness.

3. Limited activity

Movement disorders are mainly caused by spinal stenosis, vertebral tract signs, limb weakness, stiffness and inflexibility, from the most caused by lower limb weakness, heavy legs begin to fall like a cotton feeling, heavy standing gait is unstable, easy to kneel down, need help from the wall or crutches to walk, the symptoms gradually worsen as a quadriplegia appears.

4. Nerve root stimulation

Symptoms of nerve root irritation, such as a tight feeling in the chest and back, and pain.

5. Pain

There are obvious symptoms of low back and leg pain.