What happen if spinal stenosis left untreated?/Delayed surgery causing problems/ 

I have spinal stenosis at the age 14 and now I'm 24. It's get worse until one time my back feels hard and painful, my leg can't move and feels so heavy and of course it is painful. I can't walk for 1 week. And now I can walk but feels like 90 yo person to get up from bed. The pain becomes more worse😢Often, i only can sit for like 15-20 minutes and then walk again. I cannot sit, walk, jogging, lay on bed to long. it's been a year since the physiotherapist said they call me. But they didn't until now.

It's irresponsible to say delayed surgery can cause problems without a quantitative definition of spinal stenosis that requires immediate surgery. Every adult has some degree of spinal stenosis. Does this mean every adult should have immediate spinal surgery?

I am 76 years old. I was diagnosed with spinal stenosis in my cervical spine and lumbar spine when I was 57. The specialist said I was too old for an operation, instead, I was given several years of physio and traction. The traction did help, however, the physio departments stopped doing traction and my physio was also stopped. I now have severe spinal stenosis in my lumbar spine and cervical spine. I can not walk very well, I fall easily. I have stiffness in my hands and I also lose the use of my left hand and my left leg. Walking is painful and my joints lock. My neck is very painful and I am unable to look up, my head is bent forward and I can not straighten it up. I am seeing a specialist in a few weeks, however, at my age, I don't hold out much hope that they will be able to help me. I can only hope they can as life is unbearable as I also have heart disease and I require shoulder joint replacement. I have already had one replaced in my left shoulder.

Awesome sir

Comfortable laying or sitting down my butt, I can't sit for more than 20-25 minutes before I have to stand up and move around. I also have issues trying to lay down and sleep, and I have to constantly shift positions during the night.

42 seeing Dr soon. 5 years since last seen

Thank you for your video! It was very reassuring that I have been on the right track in bothering my Dr's to get yearly MRI's for my condition to monitor progression. I always wanted to do this but was met with discouragement because the pain was not enough or because of my age. I want to manage the progression to slow it down with keeping my weight down and increasing flexibility with Yoga and strengthening my abs and overall posture. I feel good knowing that keeping active and spine flexibility will reduce the chance of a complicated surgery in the future.

Thank you for your reply i hope u can help me this last episode was very scary and i really need my life back

Waist belt and nerve aiding supplements , exercises are ok?

Very helpful video. The only thing I would like to say is that I know a lot of people that do need surgery you put on a waiting list and by the time they do get in it's too late. We need to figure out a better medical system

I've had stenosis for 8 yrs no surgery left thy burns ect but he said stenosis doesn't hurt and doesn't hurt when u sit only when u stand he has that completely backwards

I had my surgery just about close to one year come June 22nd I have been back under anesthesia for injections since my surgery I still have pain but more in my legs my back still hurts just a little bit but it's manageable but I still get those leg nerve pains which is call sciatic nerve pain so hopefully once I have my weight loss surgery all of this will go away because my doctor wanted me to follow with weight loss surgery after my surgery because I still cannot do hard impact exercise so they need to wait to come off much quicker but I'm still very much uncomfortable sometime I think was it worth it having my back surgery I'm not doing no more back surgeries very very uncomfortable and called a bad infection on top of it while my stitches were still in

I have been diagnosed with multi level ddd of the lumbosacral spine with right sided L4/5 lateral recess stenosis more than on the left side I just had first nerve root block injection . I am 46 years old . I have been show some exercises to start new week is it possible if I do the exercises to slow down the speed of more stenosis or in our opinion do you think I should be thinking more along the line of surgery ? thanks for any help

I’m so scared, had to slow down at 2nd job… Driving, off and on my vehicle seem to tigger it besides carry heavy cases of water. What stretches can I do?

Just found out I have 2 severe stenosis and have surgery scheduled in 3 weeks. Im not worried about going thru surgery, the concern is not screwing it up more until then. Gonna be a stressful 3 weeks

I am 45 now, it has been 5 years of chronic pain. I sometimes have a day that I feel better, sometimes a week, but that’s it and the pain has getting worse. I have seen neurologist and I have been complaining, not only lower pain but cervical and thoracic. The answers from that doctors was “Go and see a psychiatrist!!! I have been to emergency a few times and they said I didn’t have anything. Recently like two weeks ago I lost my balance and my legs were very weak. I went to a different hospital were they finally discovered that I have spinal stenosis. I see this doctor said that if left untreated you can be paralyzed. I tried physical therapy one time and the guy told me I was strong, he made me work with weights in a couple of days after that I had to go to emergency because I couldn’t lift up my legs, my legs felt very weak. They thought I was having an stroke….Anyways I just don’t know what to do!!!

I have cervical spinal stenosis 3 herniated discs what be the cost or i would love to have your avalution I'm in a lot of pain an would love to have your services!!i willing to come to Korea

I have had spinal stenosis for 30 yrs. I am 77 yrs. old and I would not trust any surgeon with my back. Too many greedy Drs. out there.

I have pain with my lower back for twenty nine years now my right leg get numb all the way down to my toe the doctors keep doing x ray over the years telling me nothing is wrong now last may 2022 i insist on seeing another doctor they did an mri and it show that i have spinal stenosis i was refer to a surgeon it is almost a year and i have not receive an appointment i had to go to the hospital it was so painful to sit walk lay down and get up they give me medication still having discomfort the surgeon said i am not a candidate for surgery i don't want to end up not be able to walk so i need ur help and advice please i am desperate to be free from this pain

I have osteoporosis and have been told by more than one surgeon that nothing can be done about it. I live in a chair 24 hours a day except for taking care of my hygiene needs. Is there anything that can be done to help?

Hey doc can spinal stenosis cause occipital protrusion?

spinal cord diseases can't never be cured। even surgery's are not good idea for2 this problem। i have go through multiple surgeries just after diagnosis but i could not got relief even after surgery's the nature had designed a disgusting architecture of spinal nerves and attached cauda equina conus medulaaris disc is the main reason for back pain. and once the disc get herniated it will never heel patient will never get relief after surgery or discectomy and laminectomy

Can cervical central and bilateral stenosis be removed by transforaminal surgery? What is the most minimal invasive method?

I have spinal stenosis.. Moderate--say do not wait.. shall not.

Most of the time people with severe back pains have a vitamin D3 deficiency

What happens if treated, 2 spinal epidurals and laminectomy. And still tingling in foot , knee, hip, butt? What next? Or just endure?

They want to put space s in

U say this to UK NHS doctors, they will have no clue they are cowboys

I've had Stenosis & DDD in Cervical & Lumbar... Both became 'Severe' via CT & MRI in 2014..... Nothing has been done....

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He doesn’t know what he’s talking about

If cord is decompressed will the cord inflate out again after it was sqaushed?