A NYC Chiropractor Talks About Spinal Stenosis

Spinal stenosis is a common finding in the spines of older patients. Spinal stenosis is a narrowing of the spinal canal. This can develop as you age from drying out and shrinking of the disk spaces. (80% of the disks are made up of water)  Or it can be caused by scarring from chronic inflammation of the nerve roots as they exit from the spinal foramina next to the spinal canal You can feel pain anywhere along your back or leg that the nerve root supplies. <?xml:namespace prefix = o />

Walking more than a block can cause great leg and back pain in a stenosis patient

Spinal stenosis may be in the neck, mid-back or low back

Spinal stenosis can be treated conservatively; surgery is not always necessary or successful and over medication with pain killers can cause side effects from stomach pain, heart failure, stroke and to more joint breakdown.

There is a technique founded and taught by chiropractors called Cox Technic which uses a table that provides Flexion distraction and spinal decompression and is considered spinal manipulation

Cox Technic biomechanically opens the spinal canal area by 28% and drops intradiscal pressures to as low as -192mmHg , both desired outcomes when dealing with spinal stenosis which narrows the spinal canal space.

In my office, the Cox technique combined w other non-force techniques such as pelvic blocking (SOT) and applied kinesiology techinques such as muscle balancing and muscle lymphatic and vascular work and  use of nutrition to decrease spinal inflammation can offer patients relief of their spinal stenosis pain

While spinal stenosis may not be cured due to the degenerative nature of the problem, the painful effect on the patient’s life can be controlled

Spinal stenosis patients are often happy with realistic expected outcomes of 50% relief of the pain that allow them to take a walk or sit for a meal comfortably with their family. Being able to participate in the activities of daily living and family life without the use of prescription drugs with dangerous side effects is often the desired effect of any treatment for spinal stenosis.

Here at Dr. Vittoria Repetto’s practice, we have the table and skills to help you with your spinal stenosis; please give us a call at 212-431-3724 to set up an appointment or just to ask questions.

• Chou R et al: Interventional Therapies, Surgery, and Interdisciplinary Rehabilitation for Low Back Pain An Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guideline From the American Pain Society.  SPINE 2009; 34 (10)
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• Gudavalli MR, Cox JM, Baker JA, Cramer GD, Patwardhan AG: Intervertebral Disc Pressure Changes During a Chiropractic Procedure. Abstract from the Proceedings of the Bioengineering Conference, Phoenix
• A Non-Surgical Approach to the Management of Lumbar Spinal Stenosis: A Prospective Observational Cohort Study BMC Musculoskelet Disord © 2006
• Donald R Murphy; Eric L Hurwitz; Amy A Gregory; Ronald Clary http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/528906
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• http://www.coxtechnic.com/patients/spinal-stenosis-pain-relief-with-cox-technic

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