Neural foraminal stenosis causes nerve irritation and compression when the space a spinal nerve travels through narrows.

Cervical stenosis is the narrowing of the vertebral canal in the neck. It is a common cause of neck pain and is more common in elderly patients. Up to 26% percent of people over the age of 64 may have ...

Compared to lumbar stenosis, there is greater risk of spinal cord compression with cervical stenosis since the spinal cord cannot move as freely as in the cervical canal. Spinal stenosis can ...

Before knowing about symptoms of spinal stenosis we need to know about what spinal stenosis is. To simplify it the word stenosis means narrowing. So this is a disease condition where the diameter ...

Spinal stenosis is more common in the lumbar and cervical spine regions, though it can also occur in any area of the spine. The cervical region refers to the upper neck, and the lumbar region is ...

Neurological spine surgeon David Yam, MD, has joined the Spine Center at Prosser Memorial Health in Walla Walla, Wash. The ...

Cervical disc replacement is a safe option across all obesity levels compared to anterior cervical discectomy and fusion, ...

Cervical myelopathy is a condition that happens when the spinal cord in the neck is compressed or squeezed. There are many things that can cause this, but one of the most common is cervical ...

A review by the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) has found that epidural steroid injections (ESIs) provided short-term ...

Stenosis usually occurs in the cervical region of the spine near the head and neck, or in the lumbar region in the lower back. Symptoms of spinal stenosis in the lower back may include ...

What Are the Treatments for Spinal Stenosis? Spinal stenosis is a narrowing of the canal in your spinal column that affects mostly people age 50 and older. Nothing can cure it, but there are ...