Cervical stenosis is the narrowing of the vertebral canal ... It is protected by the vertebral column, a series of bones that surround and support it. In the cervical region, the spinal cord contains ...

Characterized by back, leg and neck pain, spinal stenosis affects more than 200,000 ... Vertebrae are also connected by facet joints, which provide support and flexibility to the spine.

Other causes include hardening of the posterior longitudinal ligament or the ligamentum flavum, which are soft tissue bands that normally help support the cervical spine. Sometimes people are born ...