Your spinal nerves travel through your spinal canal and exit through openings we call “foramen”. If any of these spaces are too narrow, your nerves can become compressed, causing uncomfortable or painful symtpoms. This condition is referred to as “spinal stenosis”. It’s a problem that most commonly affects the neck and the lower back. If your back pain limits your mobility or causes you discomfort, contact New York Pain Medicine Associate for expert diagnosis and treatment. Our team serves Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Hempstead, and the Bronx.
Cervical spinal stenosis affects the spinal nerves in your neck due to a narrowing of the spinal canal - that’s the space your spinal nerves travel through. In a healthy spine, the spinal canal protects these nerves, keeping them free from injury. With spinal stenosis in the cervical spine, the spinal canal is too narrow, and your nerves in your neck get compressed.
Spinal stenosis in the thoracic spine affects the part of the spine between the neck and the lower back. It is a narrowing of the spinal canal that results from degeneration of bones in the spine, disc herniation, or thickening of the tissues surrounding your spinal cord.
If these therapies and modifications aren’t enough to ease your pain and improve your mobility, your New York Pain Medicine Associate specialist may recommend:
Sometimes, mild spinal stenosis will not cause noticeable symptoms. However, if you do begin to experience persistent neck or back pain, numbness, tingling, or weakness in your extremities, it’s time to see a specialist at New York Pain Medicine Associate.
Our providers conduct a full comprehensive evaluation, including a review of your symptoms, and may order imaging studies such as X-rays, MRIs, and CT scans, to pinpoint the severity and location of your spinal stenosis as well as rule out other possible diagnoses.
Your provider will evaluate your specific symptoms and quality of life to determine the best course of action to relieve your spinal stenosis pain. Some of our treatment options include:
If your back pain is impacting your quality of life, call or book an appointment online with New York Pain Medicine Associate.