Lumbar Spinal Stenosis

SYMPTOMS

• Ever felt like the day begins okay, and then after just a few blocks, your feet just get tired and in pain, making you stop walking?
• Do you feel that the only way to get relief is leaning forward against a desk or something to support you?
• Do you feel that pushing the grocery cart actually relieves the pain?

You could be suffering from spinal stenosis.

A common condition compelled by many factors but, in essence, a narrowing of the spinal duct where the spinal cord and nerves travel along within the spinal vertebrae. This channel gets narrowed even more when we extend the back, and it opens up when we bend forward, giving you some relief from the compression.

TREATMENTS

• Epidural Injections:
  These are the series of injections done under x-ray guidance at the level where the pain in
  coming from with the purpose of lowering the inflammatory process as well and the nerve
  excitatory mechanism giving you relief from the shooting pain you are suffering at this
  moment.
• MILD ® Procedure:
  Minimally Invasive Lumbar Decompression or MILD ® Procedure is a new simple outpatient
  procedure with a minimally invasive approach to reduce pain and improve mobility in lumbar
  spinal stenosis (LSS) patients. Thousands of patients have been treated by mild, enabled
  by innovative new technology, and can only be performed by specially trained physicians. If
  you suffer from the pain and physically limiting effects of LSS, there has never been a better time
  to get help. For more information, visit www.mildprocedure.com