I was diagnoses with Spinal Stenosis back
in November.
I have received 2 spinal pain injections
which helped alot~totally took away all of
my pain....but here 3 months later the
pain is back.
My Dr. prescribed several rx's for the
pain but nothing is really doing the
trick.
My Dr. says that I'm too young for surgery
but this pain is horrid!!
Does anyone else deal with this problem??
What do you do for pain relief??
any info would be very helpful.
mgf~
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Afox
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 28 Feb 2007 Posts: 4 Location: Boston,US
Post Injections Posted: 04-10-07 20:45pm
After you have the injections, the
inflamation will decrease and relieve the
pain. At this point, stretching and back
excercises will prevent any reacurrance.
Swimming is great and nice long walks. I
suffered for 3 years and have been pain
free for a month after having an injection
from a great Doc. Ive had about 8 shots
over the last 3 years and the Doc's just
did not get it right. Strenthening your
back will take the pressure off your
spine. Good luck.
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Sherloc56
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 24 Apr 2007 Posts: 2 Location: Florida
Posted: 04-24-07 12:40pm
Hi MGF. I too have spinal stenosis, as
well as OA, buldging and degenerating
disks, and you name it. Mostly lumbar. I
am going to start on the shots as soon as
they call me to schedule them. I hear they
are painful? I had trigger point shots but
they didn't help. These are the ones that
they put into the spinal canal and watch
through xray or whatever you call it.
Floroscopy is it? The Dr. told me it
should give me some relief for a couple of
months, so I am assuming they don't last
all that long? But hey! I will try if it
gets rid of the pain.
A chiropractor recently told me that alot
of stenosis patients are finding Yoga
helps them. So what Afox said is probably
true. I know when I saw the chiro he
stretched me on his table. It felt alot
better. So maybe Yoga will help. I am
going to try some after the injections I
think.
I hope you find the answer soon. I know
how bad it can get when that pain hits.
Take care and best of luck to you.'
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sillyakchick
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Posted: 04-24-07 14:32pm
If you are trying to avoid surgery, you
might try seeing an osteopathic physician.
They do manual medicine similar to a
chiropracter, but differ in that they try
to get the patient's own body to resolve
the problem using muscle energy and
myofascial stretching techniques. The
shots can help decrease the inflammation
and pressure on the nerve roots, which
will give you the opportunity to rehab the
problem. Physical therapy is pretty
important for this. Other things that
will help this heal and prevent future
problems are maintaining a healthy weight,
not smoking, exercising regularly, and
providing adequate bone growth minerals in
your diet.
