After my daughter saw how much I was suffering, she told me about an unusual back treatment she had tried at home...
Her doctor had explained to her what was actually behind her pain due to spinal stenosis.
And like most people struggling with spinal stenosis, they treat the problem in the wrong place...
In fact, the real problem with spinal stenosis begins with the narrowing of the spinal canal itself – caused by a combination of thickened ligaments, bone spurs and compressed intervertebral discs.
The intervertebral discs act as shock absorbers , and the ligaments keep the spinal canal open and stable. Together they protect the bundle of nerves that runs through the entire spinal column.
However, with increasing age, the intervertebral discs shrink, the ligaments thicken, and bone spurs form. The spinal canal gradually narrows – and the nerve bundle running through it becomes compressed.
Just like a pipe that slowly rusts from the inside – eventually the opening becomes so narrow that nothing can pass through it unhindered.
When the spinal canal narrows, the nerve bundle becomes pinched – and this causes the heavy, numb and weak feeling in the legs, especially when walking or standing.
That's why nothing I tried ever helped.
Everything targeted the symptoms – but nothing opened the spinal canal or relieved the compression where the real problem lay.