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Interspinous Process Spacers for spinal stenosis

Spine Health | Last Active: Mar 18 3:39pm | Replies (26)
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@shar1120

What are the alternatives for spinal stenosis and slipped disc ? So for I have had injections that have helped but they are just temporary

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bude | @bude | Jun 9, 2023

Try an inversion table.

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Jennifer, Volunteer Mentor | @jenniferhunter | Jun 9, 2023

@shar1120 Sometimes the spine injections are used as a diagnostic because when they do help, it tells the surgeon what may be improved upon by doing surgery. Is your disc herniated? The reason I am asking is because when the jelly like contents of a disc are squished out, it causes inflammation and can cause bone spurs to grow. This can progress rapidly. I saw this on my MRIs and saw them double in 9 months time. It was all pressing into my spinal cord, and the only way to help that by decompressing the spinal cord was surgery.

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denman55 | @denman55 | Jun 10, 2023

Since the Minuteman procedure with the interspinous spacer has not helped my pain at all, and the Epidural injections have not helped me - I am going to be seeing my physician regarding having the Spinal Cord Stimulator procedure done.

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