Here are four observations:
1. The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons predicts that lumbar spinal stenosis will affect 2.4 million Americans by 2021.
2. Spinal stenosis often strikes the cervical and lumbar areas of the spine.
3. Neurosurgeon Michael Verdon, DO, of Clinical Neuroscience Institute, outlined three ways to treat spinal stenosis: physical therapy and chiropractic, spinal injections and epidural steroids as well as spinal surgery.
4. The American College of Rheumatology said spinal stenosis can not be cured, just treated.
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