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Spinal Canal Stenosis Risk Factors

Spinal canal stenosis is a degenerative spine condition in which the spinal canal – which houses the spinal cord and other spinal nerves – becomes constricted. This narrowing of the spinal canal occurs over time as part of the natural aging process, and can place pressure on your spinal nerves. Nerve compression is the primary cause of the back pain, neck pain, numbness, weakness, tingling, and other symptoms associated with spinal stenosis and other degenerative spine conditions.

Since spinal stenosis is a degenerative spine condition, it means that getting older is the prime risk factor – something you simply can't avoid. However, that doesn't mean there aren't steps you can take to keep your spine healthy and strong and minimize your chances of developing this condition.

Spine Tips

When looking for ways to avoid spinal canal stenosis, you'll find that many of the tips out there are also great ways to maintain your overall health. For example:

• Maintain a healthy body weight
• Exercise regularly
• Quit smoking
• Limit alcohol and caffeine intake
• Keep good posture
• Stretch

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All of the above are ways to minimize spinal canal stenosis risk factors, keep your spine strong and supple, and also maintain your overall well-being. Since the spine is responsible for supporting the majority of your body weight and is so critical to many of the movements you perform on a daily basis, it makes sense the spine health and overall health would be so closely intertwined.

Treatment

If you're suffering from the symptoms of spinal canal stenosis despite your best efforts to reduce your risk factors, treatment typically includes conservative options like exercise, physical therapy, hot/cold therapy, pain medications, and others. However, some individuals simply can't find relief through these methods. If you've tried conservative treatments for weeks or months without success, contact Laser Spine Institute today to learn about our revolutionary endoscopic procedures that can help you rediscover your life without back and neck pain.

Please note: Laser Spine Institute currently does not perform endoscopic procedures on the thoracic spine.