Back pain that runs down the leg may be caused by spinal stenosis. The spine protects the spinal cord and helps the body stand and bend. Spinal stenosis causes narrowing of the spine. In people with ...

Spinal stenosis is a narrowing of the spinal canal that causes compression of the spinal cord and/or nerve roots. Resulting pain and numbness (in the hands, arms, legs, and/or feet) can vary depending ...

The most common symptom is leg pain while standing or walking (the pain goes away when you sit or rest). You may also experience numbness, weakness and cramping in your lower back, buttocks, legs and ...

Spinal stenosis develops when the spaces ... and interferes in standing or working or when pain is associated with ...

This narrowing can, in some cases, eventually compress and damage the cord, and cause pain. Spinal stenosis is a narrowing of the spinal canal which results in pressure on the nerves. The pressure on ...

Spinal stenosis usually presents with pain radiating ... with a sensation of tightness in the back. Bilateral leg pain and paresthesia may occur, but limping and listing are unusual.

Lumbar spinal stenosis: Narrowing of the spinal canal in the lower back region. Lumbar spinal stenosis is the most common type and typically leads to symptoms such as lower back pain. You may also ...

Physical therapy may also play an important role in your recovery to get you back to performing everyday activities safely and without pain. An appointment with your surgeon should be scheduled soon ...

The secondary outcomes include the assessment of lower back pain and leg pain using the Numeric Rating Scale (NRS), the change in the number of steps per month, and the assessment of the specific ...

mgh.harvard.edu Patients were at least 50-years-old with pain and functional impairment attributable to lumbar spinal stenosis of the central canal ... The primary outcomes assessed at 6 weeks were an ...

These techniques are applied to a vast array of conditions ranging from spinal decompression for spinal stenosis to minimally invasive final fusion for ... This degeneration may lead to back pain, ...