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Severe spinal stenosis: Would you do surgery?
Spine Health | Last Active: Nov 16 8:37am | Replies (189)Comment receiving replies
Lumbar stenosis can make it difficult to walk and often feels better when you lean forward and relieve the pressure on your lower vertebrae.. This describes me to a T, I am severely bent forward . I had an injection which if anything mad things worse.I need something that will physically pull me upright like a belt or brace in the hope ir will force my muscles to learn to support a more upright posture. ANY IDEAS Complicated by the fact that I am waiting for a 2nd hip replacement as my hip has no movement my other hip was replaced 16 months ago
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It is interesting - I had lumbar stenosis at same time someone I worked with had it. We had it in somewhat different locations in our lumbar area. She found relief from bending over forward as you describe, which many patients would agree with. I found relief by arching my back in the totally opposite direction! It also turned out I had a cyst in my spinal canal at L4-5, so maybe that was why I found relief differently? Not that I will ever know. My surgery and fusion helped for many years, now I have severe stenosis in another section of my lumbar spine. Bah.
Have you considered MILD treatment?
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I am in your shoes! Do you know the position you're in when putting clothes in a top-load washing machine? Or standing at the sink washing dishes? I cannot stand like that at all, I have to lean forward on my forearms. If I don't, I have to sit on a stool, and am then also on my forearms. I too had a right hip replacement 2 years ago and it's well, but put an additional "quirk" in my stance. To look at me you would thing I'm about to fall on my face. I have found that it does get me to the front of waiting lines tho! Have had many injections, none worked. As far as standing straight, I don't know of any device that will do that. I'm afraid they'll tell you to strengthen muscles in PT.