Please consider another cause for your morning pain…” While spinal stenosis can cause low back pain, it's not typically characterized by significant early morning pain, as the pain associated with stenosis usually worsens with prolonged standing or walking and improves when bending forward or sitting, meaning the discomfort often starts later in the day when you're more active; therefore, early morning low back pain is not a classic symptom of spinal stenosis”
“ When the discs deteriorate, it can result in intense pain, often worsening in the morning hours. Sometimes, this pressure is higher in the morning, causing extreme discomfort when you get out of bed. Spinal Stenosis: A narrowing of the spaces around the spine can compress the nerves, leading to back pain.”
Most of us boomers who have bad backs have a combination of stuff we’ve developed over a life time of wear and tear, some from trauma, genetic issues, autoimmune complications, hereditary components or a combination of a few. I believe we hope by pinpointing what’s causing the pain it will help the doctor provide us with a fix. PT and exercises from my HEP keep me relatively active with manageable pain plus pain meds too. I can’t take NSAIDs meds so no anti-inflammatories for me. The more I move the more limber I am but pain come long for the ride.

I have spinal stenosis and was treated by Spinal Epidural, I also have Poly Arthritis (In every main joint), l used to wake up very stiff and not a good range of movement for a couple of hours, l realised it was Pelvic/spinal arthritis not my spinal stenosis, l was advised by a friend to take Tumeric, which l did, and the result was great, yes l have some stiffness in the mornings but nowhere near as what l used to get.
So may l suggest that it may be Arthritis is your problem, as l found that my Spinal Stenosis causes Sciatica and direct pain not aches and stiffens.

How much turmeric, when, what brand, how long after starting before you were able to equate benefit to Turmeric? I have a closet full of various recommendations from readers that I have tried with little to no noticeable effect. Everyone is different so just sharing random suggestions out with no other information isn’t very helpful.

A heating pad to warm up the spine before you get up might help. I sleep in my recliner most nights and have the heating pad in place so I can just turn it on before rising. Steroid epidurals help immensely

Yes, I do. I am in severe pain daily. Injections don't work, ablation didn't work. Now what? Surgery? Idk. I am very depressed.

Hi, remember that you are lying in a bed all night so in the morning I have found that doing some morning stretches while still on your bed helps some. Like pulling your knees to your chest while on your back; pulling one leg at a time. Google stretches for spinal stenosis and do some that you can while in bed. Once you are up lie on the floor and do gentle back bridges. Also some good ones in a chair like ford flexion stretch.

I did for years. After it got to a less than 20% opening where the nerves come out and comlplications standing for more than 2 minutes with nerve damage, I had to have 2 surgeries. L 1 to L4 had to be rebuilt. And. Because of bone spurs and arthritis it required to have my back broke 2 times, between L1 and L2. And between L3 and L4 just to aline it up properly after the infusion. I have to admit after hearing so many people going back for more surgeries I delayed have it. Then I got to the point that I hurt 24/7. I am so glad that the Dr I went to was put in my path to do the surgeries. It should have taken me a year to be able to do what I can now 3 months after the 2 surgeries that I have had. I wish I had done this years earlier. I am 61 years old and I look forward to being able to live pain free .

Try a Castor Oil Hotpack before you go to bed. Check on the internet if you're not familiar with it, the directions are all there. If you don't have some wool, Walmart has the castor oil and wool on the same page if you order on line. Do it 3 nights in a row if necessary. I have arthritis all over and use the Castor Oil Hotpack frequently.

Hi mate, I have stenosis in cervical and lumbar, pain are virtually same in both areas but I’m scheduled for surgery on my lumbar this year, in the mornings I lay on the bed with my legs dangling over the edge and I place a pillow under my lower back so to stretch my spine and I flick my feet in circular motions, I do this for about five to ten minutes, then I lay on the floor with my knees legs bent and rock my legs gently side to side for about five minutes then go have breakfast, I have found by stretching helps me start my day including pain medication, I have tried acupuncture and dry needling but it doesn’t help me, I try walking as much as possible without aggravating my pain, I guess you need to try whatever works best for you, all the best mate.

I had a similar problem that developed about the same time that I had my right hip replaced in 2020 and just continued to get worse. I had an SI joint fusion a year ago which helped quite a bit, and now I'm on the generic form of cymbalta and that certainly makes my mornings much better. MRI shows severe disk disease and severe stenosis in two areas of my lumbar spine.