Spinal Stenosis Specialist

Lynx Healthcare Services

Spinal stenosis usually develops slowly as age-related degenerative changes occur in your spine, leading to pain that gets progressively worse. The team at Lynx Healthcare has extensive experience treating spinal stenosis using a combination of medical care, physical therapy, and interventional pain medicine, creating individualized treatments that alleviate your pain and improve your ability to stay active. To learn more about your treatment options for spinal stenosis, call the office in Spokane Valley, Kennewick, or Richland, Washington, or book an appointment online today.

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Spinal Stenosis Specialist

Lynx Healthcare Services

Spinal Stenosis Q & A

What causes spinal stenosis?

Spinal stenosis occurs when the area inside the spinal canal narrows, a problem that results in compressed nerves. Though you can develop spinal stenosis after an injury, the cause is often a degenerative condition such as:

  • Herniated discs
  • Osteoarthritis
  • Bone spurs
  • Thickened ligaments
  • Degenerative disc disease
  • Slipped vertebra (degenerative spondylolisthesis)

These conditions either protrude into the spinal canal or, in the case of a slipped disc, pull the spinal column out of alignment. In all cases, the condition pushes against the nerves, causing inflammation and pain.

What symptoms develop due to spinal stenosis?

When you have a pinched nerve, you can experience symptoms along the full length of the nerve. The limb that’s affected depends on whether the stenosis affects your cervical spine (neck) or your lumbar spine (lower back).

Spinal stenosis causes symptoms such as:

  • Pain in your neck or back
  • Pain that radiates down your arms or legs
  • Tingling or numbness in your arms or legs
  • Weakness or tiredness in your arms or legs
  • Leg cramping
  • Hand weakness
  • Difficulty walking

If your spinal stenosis pinches the sciatic nerve, you develop sciatica, which causes pain that’s often severe and radiates down one leg.

How is spinal stenosis treated?

The Lynx Healthcare team reviews your medical history, performs a physical exam, and then orders diagnostic tests if needed, such as X-rays, a CT scan, or an MRI. 

Your initial treatment may include activity modification and physical therapy. Physical therapy focuses on strengthening your muscles, stretching, posture correction, and improving your flexibility and range of motion.

Some patients may try anti-inflammatory medications, but if your pain persists, your provider may recommend interventional pain medicine.

How does interventional pain medicine relieve spinal stenosis?

Interventional pain medicine offers advanced therapies that significantly diminish your pain by targeting the nerves transmitting pain signals. When you receive one of these treatments, the Lynx Healthcare team uses fluoroscopy, which is an X-ray in real-time that allows them to see your spine and precisely administer your treatment to a specific nerve.

 These are a few examples of interventional options used for spinal stenosis:

  • Epidural steroid injection
  • Facet joint injection
  • Selective nerve root block
  • Spinal cord stimulation

If a damaged disc causes spinal stenosis, the Lynx Healthcare team may perform minimally invasive procedures to repair the disc.

You can get relief from the pain of spinal stenosis. Call Lynx Healthcare, or book an appointment online today.

Conditions we treat.

You don’t have to live your life in pain. Let us help you get back to enjoying the things you love to do again.

  • Back Pain
  • Neck Pain
  • Facial Pain
  • Joint Pain
  • Head Pain
  • Shoulder Pain
  • Knee Pain
  • Nerve Pain
  • Sports Injuries
  • Vertebral Compression Fractures
  • Chronic Pain
  • Fibromyalgia
  • Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
  • Neuropathy
  • Post-Surgery Pain
  • Sciatica
  • Arthritis
  • Migraines
  • Herniated Disc

Treatments we provide.

We offer a variety of cutting-edge treatment options to treat a wide range of pain conditions.

  • Regenerative Medicine
  • Spinal Cord Stimulation
  • Spinal Stenosis
  • Epidurals
  • Radiofrequency Ablation
  • Addiction Medicine
  • Opioid Therapy Management
  • Interventional Pain Medicine
  • Telehealth
  • Behavioral Health

About Lynx Healthcare.

We are a multi-disciplinary group that is changing the face of in person and telehealth health care.

Lynx Healthcare is a multi-disciplinary group that is dedicated to building and linking health centers in a way that creates more in house services than other healthcare providers.

Lynx Healthcare currently consists of multiple treatment centers, providing the highest quality care throughout Washington, Colorado, New Mexico, and Wyoming. Lynx Healthcare covers a wide variety of specialties.

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