Lumbar spinal stenosis self-care strategies including regular exercise, posture changes, and adopting healthy habits can help relieve back pain caused by narrowing spaces in the spinal canal. Lumbar ...
They can affect a person’s ability to walk, sleep, or engage in everyday activities. While the cause of the pain can originate in the legs, it is more often associated with the lumbar spine. This ...
The condition can occur in the cervical spine (neck), thoracic spine (mid back) or the lumbar spine (lower back). Cervical and lumbar stenosis are the most common forms, with lumbar spinal stenosis ...
Background: Beside symptoms and clinical signs radiological findings are crucial in the diagnosis of lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS). We investigate which quantitative radiological signs are ...
The result of this literature review documents a remarkable list of various quantitative radiologic criteria applied to describe lumbar spinal stenosis. Measurement of antero-posterior diameter ...
A herniated lumbar disc can push on spinal nerves and cause severe, shooting leg pain, numbness and/or weakness. A percutaneous disc removal (PDR) can remove a portion of the herniated disc that is ...