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Has anyone suffered from lumbar spinal stenosis? Did you have surgery?
Spine Health | Last Active: Jul 11, 2025 | Replies (186)Comment receiving replies
I have SEVERE lumbar stenosis L3 L4 L5 with slipped discs!I have seen 2 neurosurgeons now and they both say if I have surgery I only have a 50/50 of it being successful WTH! seriously what kind of odds are going through such a major surgery for maybe nothing maybe worse with the knowledge that adjacent syndrome is most likely!!!So as of now I live in CHRONIC PAIN can only walk for 2 minutes at a time! I am a 62 year old woman who was a athlete and played tennis my whole life competitively!all I take for pain is advil as it does not really work flexeril doesnt work great,, and LYRICA was just prescribed and I just had ANOTHER INJECTION!AVOIDING surgery for now all there seems to be are complications! If ANYONE has any other pain medications to suggest it would be SOOOO greatly appreciated:) SRY for this long post,,, if you read it THANK YOU with my heart! cheers 🙂
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I feel your pain, I had it for a year. Tried just about everything including 3 injections. My minister was having the same issues and told me an exercise that helped her tremendously. I can't assure that it will do the same for you but it's worth a try. I started doing this a few days after my third injection. About three days later I was pain free. No drugs involved.
Try try bending over to touch the floor. It doesn't matter if you bend your knees, or ever touch the floor, just keep pushing down. Do this for as long as you can, pushing downwards. You will feel the stretch in your L3,4, and five. I now do it daily for two or three minutes a day and have been pain free for almost a year. Please tell me if this works, and I will say a prayer for you.