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Back pain is the most common medical compliant. It could
be due to various reasons. If it is due to muscle pain, it will subside
within a few weeks. Diagnosing the causes of back pain is the
frustrating task for your family doctor, notwithstanding the help
available to him by conducting the various investigations.
This particular back pain, spinal stenosis, does mostly attack the
aging population. As you age, the spinal canal becomes constricted, and
when it becomes too tight, you could have back pain.
Back pain is
frustrating for you and equally challenging for your doctor to treat.
The causes for your back pain may be one or multiple. Understanding the
precise reasons for back pain is very important. Any wrong treatment
aggravates the pain and may lead to irreversible complications.
As
stated above, as you age, the nerve channel (vertebral canal) of the
spine gets narrowed. This narrowing is the reason for compression of the
spinal cord within the vertebral canal or at the nerve roots at the end
of the spinal cord. This spinal stenosis experience (Pain) is not
restricted to spine alone. It has its telling effect on many parts of
your body; a sort of stiffness is experienced, all over. Moreover the
symptoms will strongly affect the legs and feet.
Manual workers,
due to their peculiar working postures, are prone to the attack of
spinal stenosis. But this development, generally takes place after the
age of 30. But certain serious types of injuries affecting the spine can
cause this development in early ages as well.
There is no
specific cure as such for spinal stenosis. Time is the greatest healer,
provided you take the precautions as recommended by the medical
practitioner. Proper rest is one of the main agents to help your cause
to restore your original health.
Exercises are not only good,
they are a must. Only you need to do it in consultation from an expert,
because certain exercises are good for you and certain exercises are
harmful for you.
Do not take it the way that rest means to lie
down on the bed. It is very essential for you to remain active. Lethargy
may further aggravate your trouble. Mental strength will score over
physical strength in such situations. As for the exercise, swimming is
considered good, as it exercises all parts of the body and it does not
involve weight-bearing aspect.
Getting rid of this pain means
total rehabilitation of the individual. That rehabilitation can come,
when you totally free yourself, and get ready for rehabilitation!
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