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250,000 to 500,000 United States residents have symptoms of spinal stenosis. This means that 1 person for every 1000 people older than 65 and 5 people of every 1000 people older than 50.

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Spinal stenosis can not be prevented, but there are ways to reduce the risk. You can reduce the risk by getting regular exercise, maintaining good posture, and by maintaining a healthy weight.

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Spinal stenosis is when the spaces around the nerve roots in your spinal canal begin to narrow, this narrowing puts pressure on the nerves.

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Symptoms of cervical stenosis include numbness or tingling in the lower and upper limbs, weakness in lower and upper limbs, problems balancing and walking, and neck pain. Lumbar stenosis symptoms include back pain, numbness or tingling in the lower limbs, and weakness in the lower limbs.

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Some treatments include physical therapy, medicines, and surgery. The physical therapy exercises will work to strength the muscles in your back and legs. Medicines are non steroidal and anti-inflammatories to relieve the pain and swelling and surgery helps by removing bone spurs and widening the space between the vertebrae.

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Spinal stenosis affects 8 - 11% of the population. It is common for people over 50 years old to get spinal stenosis as most people by this age has some osteoarthritis.

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There are two type of spinal stenosis, lumbar stenosis and cervical stenosis. In lumbar stenosis the narrowing occurs in the lower back, this is the most common form of spinal stenosis. Cervical stenosis is when the narrowing of the spaces occurs in your neck.

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This nervous system is affected by spaces that are narrowing, they are closing in on the spinal nerves, this causes pain and inflammation The skeletal system is also affected because the spine is getting weaker from the narrowing on the spinal cord.