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Ashburn Walking and Non-Drug Therapy for Back Pain and Stenosis

Lumbar spinal stenosis and its related back pain is widespread and troubling for its sufferers. Dementia, neurogenic claudication, decreased walking distance, poor balance, reduced quality of life, and altered posture often accompany spinal stenosis. Disc herniations, disc degeneration, and other spinal canal space intruders invite spinal stenosis. At Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn, Ashburn spinal stenosis patients who want to uninvite spinal stenosis have a partner by their side.

THE IMPACT OF LUMBAR SPINAL STENOSIS

Research keeps presenting lumbar spinal stenosis as being linked to issues like dementia development, walking capacity, and reduced quality of life. A new study stated that lumbar spinal stenosis was an independent risk factor for acquiring dementia. Of 1220 patients, 10.8% of the lumbar spinal stenosis patients experienced dementia as opposed to only 4.4% of the control group members. (1) Older adults with lumbar spinal stenosis were described as altering their posture with a forward bend to improve their ability and tolerance for walking. Researchers who looked into this phenomenon found that this posture was more of a forward shift of the pelvis while standing and walking. They concluded that limited walking in symptomatic spinal stenosis patients was more associated with spine loading which rose 7%. (2) Whatever it is related to, decreased walking ability is not beneficial. Someday it will be nice to more fully understand the role of stenosis in relationship to decreased walking, but for now, Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn will continue to encourage walking for spinal stenosis patients, slow and steady and distance increased as tolerated.

THE TREATMENT OF LUMBAR SPINAL STENOSIS: Walk

Since spinal stenosis is so common a condition in older folks, multiple guidelines and articles are published and with good reason. Decreased ability to walk and quality of life are recorded side-effects of lumbar spinal stenosis. These two issues remain the leading gauges for back surgery in older sufferers. Sadly, 40% of those who undergo spinal surgery for the lumbar spinal stenosis still report walking issues post-surgery. (3) Recommendation 1 of a more recent guideline for the management of lumbar spinal stenosis and associated neurogenic claudication suggested non-surgical multimodal care to include non-drug therapy with education, advice, lifestyle changes, home exercise, manual therapy, acupuncture (trial), rehab, and therapy. (4) An update to the 2013 Cochrane review of research reports on the outcomes of treatments for lumbar spine stenosis related neurogenic claudication that reduced the ability to walk revealed that manual therapy and exercise to increase walking distance together was a beneficial treatment method. Epidural steroids were not. (5) Conservative, non-surgical care of Ashburn spinal stenosis is recommended by spine researchers and by Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn.

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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Nate McKee on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes the relief with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management for a patient with lumbar spinal stenosis and balance issues. Relief with Cox® Technic is described.

Schedule your Ashburn chiropractic appointment soon for improved walking and decreased back pain due to Ashburn lumbar spinal stenosis!

 
Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn encourages walking and guideline-recommended non-drug therapy for spinal stenosis, reduction of its pain, and improvement in walking. 
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