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Here are some of the articles I have prepared to help patients actually get on the right path to relief. I hope that these may answer many of your questions about living with spinal stenosis:Spinal stenosis prescription drugs can be a problem unto themselves, since the long term use of pharmaceutical products is one of the most risky behaviors in life. Coping with spinal stenosis provides some advice on how to live better with stenosis and how to manage the symptoms conservatively. Help for spinal stenosis can come from many possible sources, including doctors, chiropractors, physical therapists and even from yourself. Spinal stenosis cure is like searching for the Holy Grail. There are few true cures for structurally-based stenosis and virtually all have some serious downsides to consider… Recovering from spinal stenosis is my hope for all of you. Learn the best methods of improving the chance of making a full recovery from your pain. What is Spinal Stenosis Relief?Relief is a very subjective word. To some it means a complete an permanent cure… While to others, it may just mean having a slight break or reduction in the horrific pain. I really prefer the former, myself… A real cure is always preferred to symptomatic reduction, but unfortunately, the medical system rarely provides many opportunities for lasting cures to come about. Symptomatic treatment using pain management modalities is much more profitable long term, so these have become the rule in the back pain arena. For example, I spent a ridiculous sum of money on care over 2 decades, without EVER finding real relief… What a waste! I could really use that money for something worthwhile, instead of paying my doctor’s lease payment on his Mercedes… I hope that if you are lucky enough to find some semblance of relief from symptomatic treatment that you will NOT become complacent and settle for this long term. Instead, I hope that you will work towards a cure and end your virtual slavery to pills, chiropractic, massage, alcohol or whatever treatment you are using (abusing, in some cases…)Spinal Stenosis Relief AdviceWe are a community here. I hope that you will share all your spinal stenosis stories on my forum and give all of us some other options to consider for our own treatment. If you have tried something that worked, spread the word! If the treatment was a lousy failure, let us know as well, so we don’t have to waste our time and hard earned cash… This is the exact thing I have tried to do myself, based on my own extensive back pain nightmares…Remember, the most important thing you can do to help yourself is to LEARN all about your diagnosis and look for any potential problems with the treatments provided. You have to be your own advocate or face the wolves like a defenseless sheep. Who will stand up for you, if you do not do it for yourself? Well, I will, that’s for sure, but I can only do so much. Get involved and spend the time to become active in your own care. You will find that with time and effort, this one piece of advice might just bring you closer to finding real spinal stenosis relief than anything else you have attempted… Spinal Stenosis Relief to Spinal Stenosis 1/8/11 Revised 9/7/11 |
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