What is the most common cause of Spinal Stenosis?
And what is the best type of surgery to deal with it? Also, are there any particularly good minimally invasive procedures available which are known to work well?
My wife has been diagnosed with spinal stenosis and has a significant number of other health problems and she is currently seeing a physiatrist ( physical medicine and rehabilitation) doctor, suggest you do the same as there are a number of different potential solutions to your problem besides surgery..
Take a look at the following site…
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/spinal-stenosis/DS00515/DSECTION=causes
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