Are you suffering from low back pain which radiates to legs which is sciatica like pain along with tingling and numbness in legs? Do you experience heaviness or tiredness in legs particularly when walking and need to sit down or rest for a few minutes before walking further? Is your age more than 50 years while you experience these symptoms?
Everyone knows about slipped disc being the cause for sciatica, but do you know the most common cause of sciatica like pain in old age is not slipped disc but lumbar canal stenosis? Know more about it from best spine surgeon in Mumbai- Dr Sameer Ruparel.
Canal Stenosis or spinal stenosis is usually caused due to age related degeneration which causes the bones and soft tissues around the spinal cord to overgrow and thus compress it. These symptoms particularly manifest when one starts walking and cause heaviness in legs which in medical terms we call ‘claudication’. Patients are very comfortable sitting or lying down and thus disregard their symptoms as tiredness due to age. It is when they experience tiredness on walking and have to sit down after 10-15 minuted do they visit spine specialist- Dr Sameer Ruparel at his clinic in Mumbai. At this stage when MRI is done it shows compression of spinal nerves. Dr Sameer Ruparel- best spine doctor in Mumbai has a very holistic approach to treat this spine ailment which include medications, back care and exercises – sometimes in severe cases Micro Endoscopic Laser or Key Hole Spine Surgery. Dr Ruparel recommends to visit him before the condition becomes severe to affect activities of daily livining so that it can be managed effectively.
If you are suffering from such sciatica like symptoms or have been diagnosed with Spinal Stenosis- visit best spine surgeon in Mumbai- Dr Sameer Ruparel at Spine Solutions Clinic.