Symptoms and Treatments of Spinal Stenosis

Do you feel constant numbness in your leg and buttock while you are standing or walking for some time? Does the pain come frequently every day?

If you are facing above problems, you might be having spinal stenosis as those are the symptoms of this disease. The reason behind spinal stenosis is commonly associated with aging, although it may occur in young people by developing a curvature of the spinal canal or may suffer spinal injury.

Basically spinal stenosis is a health condition that causes due to narrowing of spinal canal which leads to persistent back pain, buttock, limping and decreased physical activity.

What is the reason behind numbness while you are standing?

While you are standing, the upright movement decreases the available space for the nerve roots and also blocks the outflow of blood around the nerve. Congested blood irritates nerve by causing you severe pain. You may rest assured that congested blood will not damage the nervous system.

In order to rest your heart assured, you need to consider below mentioned points while undergoing surgical treatment for spinal stenosis.

At first you need to attend acupuncture sessions for few times in a week which can offer you instant relief from your pain. It has been proven that acupuncture can unblock the congested blood.

The second thing is to do some stretching exercises. For healthy maintenance of your buttock, constant exercises are the key point. Many patients more often don't know the importance of doing exercises. Doing the correct exercise is the extremely perfect alternative for healing spinal stenosis.