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Diagnosed with severe spondylosis & stenosis: Treatment options?
Spine Health | Last Active: Oct 16 10:34am | Replies (15)Comment receiving replies
rodturner,
similarly I have spondylosis and stenosis though not from any years of Infantry or heavy physical training. Cervical spondylosis can have many meanings or sources. It can involve painful bone spurs osteocytes and/ or disc degradation. Mine are osteocytes and some central canal stenosis from a disc bulge.
Someday I'll have surgical removal of the spurs and likely minimally invasive disc reduction.
I'm staving it off by chiropractic care. Occipital pain, vertigo and subsequent nausea are all at bay for a period of time after adjustments. If I wait after initial symptoms, I get pain in my shoulder and arm.
Chiropractics isn't for everyone, as I hope you will soon hear. The word usually excites some response.
I do recommend that you look at surgical options, even while not considering them. Some things are best treated early on.
Welcome, Rod.
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I appreciate your “some things are best treated early on.” I was just told by pain doc that once the nerve pain reaches the leg from severe stenosis, ablation won’t work. I will admit, since I’ve had this problem for probably 25 years and only done epidurals sporatically, NEVER were other suggestions given to me besides the epidurals. I’ve been pretty good about core work over the years, but I think the compression and leg pain I have is leading me to a fusion or two. Last couple epidurals did not last too long.