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@believe23 Hello Believe23! Welcome to Connect. I am a Mayo spine surgery patient. I had central canal stenosis and an ACDF at C5/C6.
Could you tell me a few more details about your surgical experiences? Does your imaging show that the stenosis came back in the same places where it had been removed with previous surgery? Was that at the nerve roots or in the spinal canal? I'm guessing the foramen (nerve roots) because you said you had a foraminotomy.
What may help with the tightness of the surgical scar tissue that does cause pain is myofascial release therapy.
Here is a discussion about it. I have done this for years myself and it really helps.
Myofascial Release Therapy (MFR) for treating compression and pain: https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/myofascial-release-therapy-mfr-for-treating-compression-and-pain/
Have you heard of this therapy before?
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Hi Jennifer,
Yes, there it was on imaging, the same moderate foraminal stenosis I had the c4/5 ACDF for to begin with. I didn't think it was supposed to come back. It started maybe 4 months after the 2020 surgery. I just assumed it was another level, but here I am 3 years later with the same issues. I have done more research since then. The posterior foraminotomy helped just a little, but from what I have read, it cannot get to the anterior side, where the uncovertebral hypertophy (bone spurs?) are causing issues. I found that some dr's can perform an anterior foraminotomy to cut back the bone. I have reached out to those dr's. I don't believe it's the scar tissue causing issues. Thank you for responding.