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Does anyone have Spinal Stenosis that is extremely bad at wake up?
Bones, Joints & Muscles | Last Active: Oct 13 7:54am | Replies (123)Comment receiving replies
1) must have a good bed. Soft at the shoulders firm thru the lumbar legs
2) try sleeping a bit elevated
3) MUST TRY: Radio Frequency Ablatia (RFI/RFA) in your stenosis facet joints. It helps better than anything I've ever tried. Not consequential as far as no steroids or drug interactions. Can be a permanent fix. But might need again. there is pulse and heat. Heat only works for me. first time it lasted 15 years for me.
Massage
4) Acupuncture
5) anything that increases circulation and gets the blood through the stenosised joints smoothly.
Maybe you have some modicum of edema. If so, control that and you will feel MUCH better. We get swelling morning/night with edema and creates problems with stenosis.
My stenosis is pretty well controlled now. The ablation was the best thing for me. covered by Medicare.
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Any advise one a good mattress?
Did you find that acupuncture helped significantly? I have severe stenosis and cannot take a lot of pain relievers because of side effects.
@loriesco
Thanks for your post.
In total agreement with you that the greatest relief I have found so far is the RFA in the facets. It worked well the first time which was 6 months ago. I am having another one next week. The nerves have grown back but I’m not as bad as I was the first time going into the procedure. I am hoping over time that the nerves will eventually deaden and I will need fewer ablations.
I have Sjogren’s Disease so need to drink a lot of water, which also helps to keep the spine hydrated.
Also, a good bed, heat on the lower spine, physio to loosen tight muscles in that area,
I now have hope going forward for controlling pain with lower lumbar spinal stenosis. 🙏
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In the process of ablation. I pray it works as well for me!