Symptoms of spinal stenosis

  Spinal stenosis is due to proliferative changes in the spinal canal, and the proliferation changes are followed by compression of some surrounding tissues. There are many classifications of spinal stenosis, including cervical spinal stenosis, thoracic spinal stenosis, and lumbar spinal stenosis depending on the location, and central canal stenosis and lateral saphenous stenosis depending on the area protruding from the spinal canal. Depending on the specific location, area and severity, the symptoms vary.  Specifically, in the case of the most common lumbar spinal stenosis, for example, the main symptoms of the disease are lumbar and leg pain and intermittent rupture.  1, low back and leg pain, usually occurs on one or both sides, that is, radiating pain, the pain is generally mild at first, bed rest can be reduced, often also appear posterior extension activity is limited, most patients stand or walking pain aggravated, often on our life and work caused unnecessary impact. As the condition worsens, numbness and weakness of the lower limbs and muscle atrophy will occur. The nature of the pain varies according to each person’s performance and can be soreness, numbness, swelling and burning-like pain.  2, intermittent claudication, may be related to the irritation or compression of the cauda equina nerve root, leg pain after standing or walking for a distance, bending down to rest for a while or squatting the pain symptoms may be reduced, if continue to walk again, the pain will soon appear again, the cauda equina nerve compression will appear urinary unclean, bowel can not be controlled, numbness in the perineal area, sexual function decline, etc..  In summary, the occurrence of this disease of spinal stenosis will cause problems in our lives, usually to combine work and rest, to avoid bad habits.