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The best treatment for lumbar spinal stenosis

BY Berton Gladstone 2019-12-09

   To treat lumbar spinal stenosis, you can choose conservative treatment methods, the more common are drug treatment, epidural closure treatment, manual treatment and traditional Chinese medicine acupuncture treatment. If these methods are not effective, you can choose the appropriate surgical method according to the condition. Commonly used are nerve root decompression and laminectomy.

  Lumbar spinal stenosis is one This kind of high-risk disease will cause obvious back pain symptoms, and in severe cases, it will radiate to the lower limbs, causing lower limb pain and numbness, and may even cause paralysis of the limbs. In order to minimize these hazards, patients should receive regular treatment as soon as possible. So what are the best treatments for lumbar spinal stenosis?
  First, conservative treatment of lumbar spinal stenosis
  1. Drug treatment
  One of the conservative treatment methods for lumbar spinal stenosis is drug treatment If it is a sterile inflammation of the nerve root, it can be treated with analgesic and anti-inflammatory drugs, such as Fenbid. The other is to use traditional Chinese medicine for syndrome differentiation treatment, such as rehmannia, artichoke, eucommia, etc. to achieve the purpose of warming the meridians and strengthening the muscles and bones. In cases of qi deficiency and blood deficiency, astragalus and codonopsis can be added, and those with low back pain can add chicken Blood vine or epimedium.
  2. Blocking treatment
   Blocking treatment, also known as epidural blockade, is a commonly used conservative treatment, generally using prednisolone acetate with 1% proca Because of the closed injection, once a week. This method can effectively eliminate swelling, loosen adhesions, and relieve a series of adverse symptoms caused by lumbar spinal stenosis.
  3. Manual therapy
  Lumbar spinal stenosis can also be considered for manual therapy, the purpose is to relax muscles, evacuate congestion and loose adhesions, so that the symptoms can be relieved to a certain extent . At present, the more commonly used methods are pressing, rubbing, rubbing and rubbing.
  4. Acupuncture treatment
   Acupuncture treatment is a commonly used treatment method in traditional Chinese medicine, and the effect of treating lumbar spinal stenosis is very good. Before acupuncture, acupuncture points need to be found first, commonly used are Yangguan, Shenshu, Mingmen, Huantiao, etc. Acupuncture treatment is performed once a day at these points, ten times as a course of treatment.
  Second, surgical treatment of lumbar spinal stenosis
  If the condition of lumbar spinal stenosis is more serious, the effect of conservative treatment is not good, or the progressive claudication worsens, etc., you can consider surgery treatment. Reasonable surgical treatment can effectively relieve the compression of nerve tissue and blood vessels. The more commonly used surgical methods are nerve root decompression and laminectomy.

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