@bevkei I also had an electric shock down my body from bending my neck. That was caused by central canal stenosis and bone spurs that were pushing into my spinal cord. The bone spurs filled the space and there was no fluid space left around my spinal cord at that level. There is a remedy for that if you speak with a spine surgeon. I had a wonderful neurosurgeon at Mayo who gave me my life back.

Another example is my cousin who is 80, and he had stenosis in his lumbar spine. He had a laminectomy, that essentially enlarges the spinal canal by cutting and lifting some of the bone around the spinal cord. It was not a bad surgery for him, and it is not as involved as a disc removal and spinal fusion. He took pain medication for about 2 weeks, and was up walking around right away. Spinal stenosis can also cause problems with walking and balance as well as bladder and bowel control issues. It just depends on what part of the spinal cord gets squished.