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Spinal stenosis is a narrowing of areas in the lumbar (back) or cervical (neck) spine, which causes pressure on the spinal cord or one or more of the spinal nerves.
How do members experience spinal stenosis?
Top 5 symptoms reported by people with spinal stenosis*
*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.
Top treatments taken by people for spinal stenosis*
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Spinal stenosis is a narrowing of areas in the lumbar (back) or cervical (neck) spine, which causes pressure on the spinal cord or one or more of the spinal nerves.
Common symptoms reported by people with spinal stenosis
Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.
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Treatments taken by people for spinal stenosis
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Compare treatments taken by people with spinal stenosis
Let’s build this page together! When you share what it’s like to have spinal stenosis through your profile, those stories and data appear here too.
Got a question about living with spinal stenosis? Members in the forum might have the answers.
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