Spinal Stenosis - Everything You Need To Know - Dr. Nabil Ebraheim
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- Опубликовано: 28 сен 2020
- Dr. Ebraheim’s educational animated video describes the condition of lumbar spinal stenosis.
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I am almost 50 years old and have congenital spinal stenosis in the thoracic vertebrae. As I get older it gets worse and worse. My daughter is now 12 years old and after years of guessing on my part, it turns out she inherited it 100%. She I feel so sorry because I know what I have had to endure all my life and she will probably have to live through it all. We have yet to find a doctor that would or could help us. My uncle has a similar condition, but cervical. He has to wear a neck brace when driving and can no longer do his job as a bricklayer.
I wish all those affected strong nerves and that they fill the pain-free phases with lively joy. And something else I would like to note; sports like swimming, yoga and Pilates can improve a lot.
Greetings from Spain (emigrated from Germany)
Thank you Doctor. I've been recently diagnosed with spinal stenosis and I'm 63 and I'm trying to educate myself about my condition .
I've been living with it for years and around the same age
Me too what have you learned?
Hi I'm 48 I got diagnosed 2 weeks ago, I'm terrified because my MRI showed that it's pretty severe. I Google it, I'm trying to educate myself, so I'm here. 😭
Had fusion in 2018 and had massive improvement in symptoms to the point where I went back to my construction job and after a few months all of the symptoms are back. Please don't be stupid enough to undue the good work of a surgeon by returning to physically demanding labor after spinal surgery. I would be fine now if I had simply looked for another job that didn't require too much walking or lifting. I was even learning to code before surgery just in case and stopped because of how over confident I got. STOP DOING WHAT CAUSED THE INJURY!!!!
it happens pretty often like those bodybuilders go back to doing the same thing then mess up the other disc because a fused back causes increased wear on the other discs
Don’t beat yourself up even people who don’t do strenuous activity their back surgery fails and there’s only a 20% satisfaction rate within five years.
My heart goes out to you. I have to have surgery soon and I'm realizing now how hard I've been on my body and that most of my jobs have required me to lift heavy things or clients or use my back and hands non stop. I'm scared but I know things will get better.
I'm terrified, I just got diagnosed 2 weeks ago. I'm also helping my mom who has Parkinson’s, I trying to figure out my options. I know I need to be an able-bodied soul for her for. 😢
Ah Man! I'm googling many things and this came up. I'm 29 but this treatment is for the older. I pray to god it's just nerve irritation and nothing serious 😭🙏
Thank you sir for another very informative upload.
Thanks doc! Helpful as always
This video was very helpful!
It's very great and useful information with clearly explained, thank you so much Dr Ebraheim God bless you and your family. 🙏🙏🌹🌸🌺🌻💐
You're a very good teacher sir. Thank you
Thank you.very helpful.
Thankyou for your helpful video it would be amazing if you did question and answer time live im mentally drained trying to get to the bottom of my many issues.
Do you have a reference for the FABER sign testing of SIJ? I was under the impression that only Laslett's cluster was specific enough for clinical use.
Thank you so much for your lesson! Best wishes for you, Professor!
Thank you, kept trying to denie this ,but I Know Ive had it for a few years ,thank you
I have pain opposite to this, sitting and standing still is most painful, I get excruitiating pain in my legs buttocks, if I stand still or sit for 5/10 mins my back sort of locks and I have difficulties getting up from seating position or to start walking again, do you have a video of what this could be please? I have bulging disc lumbar spine L5-S1 and bulging disc cervical spine C5-C6 with torn wall contacting spinal cord, I have pins and needles numbness in my feet and hands, and electric shock type of pain shooting from my butt down to my feet, and from the butt up to the back of my shoulders and down my arms to my hands also, and apparently there's no nerve compression from the bulging discs, and I'm told they're not the cause are not the cause, I feel like the Dr's and consultants don't listen and think I imagine the excruitiating daily pain throughout my body, I just had the electric study on my hands and there's nerve damage to my wrists and muskle deterioration in my hands between the thumb and 1st fingers, I don't see a consultant until end of November, any information you can give me would be extreamly helpful, I just want to know what's causing the pain, love your videos by the way they keep me sane knowing I'm not imagining my pain, I also have plantar fisitus in my left foot real bad that is also just starting to appear in my left foot. I constantly fall over and drop things too.
I had my first herniated disc surgery at 13. Then again last year at 29. Right after I was discharged, I woke up from a nap and had a very stiff and painful calf. It lasted about a week. Then the stiffness came back and has been on and off since. Now I have it on the other calf as well. When I wake up in the morning and stretch, I get the most painful cramps. I do have spinal stenosis, osteophytes and other bulging discs. No doctor has found any of my spine issues to be a particularly big deal unfortunately; despite my years of pain. I’m 29 and have dealt with chronic nerve and back pain so the new cramping is really starting to scare me.
Just don't lift weights and you will have to deal with it. I know the feeling of doctors saying its no big deal same thing happened to me since they kept telling me i was fine i lifted a small countertop dishwasher and i went to the hospital and herniation grew.
Have you checked your potassium levels.
What's happening on this day . Another of people having back problem. I'm having sciatic since I was 16 years old , I'm 29 now. Suffering over 10 years , is it the food we eat ? Water ? .... what's happening
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Very good information
Thank you
Thank you for this it appears that i have the neurogenic claudication possibly central Stenosis. Based on the symptoms. So far I've had 2 steroid injections that have relieved pain and have allowed me to walk once more. But I would like in depth info from my Dr like this that you're giving here.
You are a legend ❤
I've just been diagnosed with this after back pain for 13 years. I am now 29 and it's progressed to degenerative disk disease because the NHS said to me when I was 16 I was "young and just pulled a muscle"
Jesus.... that sucks
NHS are stupid. I've been fogged off numerous times. You have to become an expert on your own health.
@@RhetoricalMuse That's what I did. I'm starting to feel better
I am currently in need of surgery due to my spinal stenosis. Same thing happened to me I’m only 20 and have been dealing with back pain for over a year. I have been going to physical therapy for 10 weeks because they just told me it was muscle related since I’m so young. The physical therapy didn’t help so I went out and took the initiative to get an MRI and here I am now.
My spinal stenosis was aggravated by holding my grandson and walking with him when he was crying. It caused a new herniated disc in both my cervical and lumbar spine!
I'm 27 years old just got told I have spinal stenosis gonna need surgery soon I guess .. didn't really know how seriously it was
Please sir reading MRI of medial and lateral herniation lumbar disc please sir
Hi everyone
My dad age: 62
recieved his lumbosacral spine MRI result
Which interpretate:
L2-3 to L4-5 levels: central disc protrusion with central canal stenosis in combination with posterior element hypertrophy with slight bilateral neuroforminal stenosis.
I just wana know if it is a serious condition ? Must go with a surgery or it could be better with other medication and excersice.
Addition: he is also a sugar patient for 15 years.
Any comments from experts will be grateful.
Thanks
What about using ultrasonic rather than fusion
What is supravalvular spinalstenosis?
What about cervical spinal stenosis? I am being pressured into surgery that I don't want due to the risks. I think that I also have the lumbar stenosis but haven't been able to get a diagnosis. Thoughts?
It depends on the surgeon. If your surgeon has done thousands of them and has a three-year follow up success rate that is over 50% that’s a good sign. Cervical tends to do a little better than lumbar because there’s less weight-bearing on the disk.
There’s a saying: you can’t have your third back surgery until you have your first. Most people even surgeons will tell you avoid surgery at all costs.. Unless you have lost actual function of your body or nervous system you probably want to avoid it.
Srotha rodha is term in ayurveda. All cells are connected by tubes supply drainage canal. Any rodha/block causes ailments.
Hi thank you for this video . I have zero pain . I have extremely heavy legs . Also my balance is off . Difficulty walking . Especially when walking up steps . I been to neurologist , cardiologist and Vein specialist. Neurologist was the only one that found mild stenosis but says this heaviness and balance isn't coming from the mild stenosis. But yet I STILL have heavy legs everyday .
Can you please shed some light on my situation thank you
I have the same symptoms although I get sciatica pain for years now. It’s the numbness and weakness and heaviness of the legs and arms. I feel that I can’t hold myself up. What have you done to relieve your symptoms?
@@lizzyrinaldi5975 I wish I could give you an answer but unfortunately I have not found anything to relieve my symptoms. I just try to stay moving which is difficult to do at times . I keep moving and then rest as much as I can . I still have neurologist looking into things . Hopefully they give me some answers soon
Hi, 50 here Sounds alot like my symptoms too, I have (ankylosing spondylitis) autoimmune disease.. we just got that diagnosis, cervical & spinal stenosis, my back had been falling backwards, we ignored that, degenerative disc disease, Balance has been affected for 2 yrs now, I'm weak in upper & lower extremities, Bladder & bowel issues, headaches, blurred vision, numbness, burning pain, ringing in my ears, and a weird brain buzz, shoulder, neck & back pain, mood changes, anxiety, depression, memory issues, walking is very tough, last time I tried stairs I went down them which led to more pain a week in bed, and the most intense muscle spasms sciatic nerves, hip & leg pain, sorry for the rant I hope you get relief soon, prayers
@@that_girl_there5809 hi I'm sorry to hear you're going through all of this . Do they have any solution for your situation ? May I ask what type of bladder and bowel issues you're going through ? The reason I ask is I am having alot of the symptoms you're having . They have told me I have mild stenosis in my lumbar spine but they are assuring me my symptoms are not coming from that .
@@Myworldmymind908 hi, I've been referred to a neurosurgeon, my Bowel and bladder problems began many like 20+ yrs back, but now pieces are slowly coming together, I dealt w countless bouts of diverticulitis and at one point it became so intense 7 bouts in 6 mos Repeated Dr & ER visits I wound up w a stoma (an ileostomy bag) a portion of my colon was removed they did this to allow my body to heal and after 8 wks it was reversed... 2 wks later I had diverticulitis again. I'm not going back to a bag so. My bladder I have over-active, urine retention, urge incontinence, leakage.. it was placed in a sling in 2010 and my bladder began burning, seen my obgyn lady part Dr who had been treating me, after a scope was placed in it was discovered I have interstitial cystitis (highly sensitive & painful) I was told think of it like ulcers in your bladder, it's a mess so lidocaine installs began thru a catheter 2x a wk for 6wks to numb it and I learned more about acidic foods that trigger it.. it didn't resolve things but it did decrease slightly, I'll say this.. Make sure you detail every single thing going on and that you have great repor w your pcp Dr and that you are being heard & referred to the right Dr's. I deal w a autoimmune disease (recently discovered) is that to blame idek I see 9 Dr's as of now and bc things were not all put together and Dr's were treating one thing at a time everything could truly come back to my lower back and the cervical & lumbar stenosis we're awaiting 2 more MRI'S and my 1st cervical injections.
My thoughts I think I was overlooked & under diagnosed & I do not blame the Dr as no one had put the pieces together although a few did miss things that were likely affilateaffiliated, and b4 answers could be gotten well the pan*epic came crashing in affecting many. I think my lumbar spine is affecting things and bc things were left untreated/undiagnosed for so long that a nerve was pinched ...is pinched there the right signals are not being received. Hope the long rant helps. My prayers are w you. When you hit a dead end push harder, request a second opinion if u need to, all symptoms should be noted.. I got referred to a rheumatologist who added more info w diagnosing fibromyalgia but I think the MRI'S of thorasic & lumbar spine will hold more answers. Hugs ik hoe hard all this is. Be your own advocate, see a psychologist and get tested for adult adhd, try that it's extensive testing but can help to calm the mind too as stress only adds more issues. I'm on meds for adhd combined are they 100% no! But they help my focus slightly, keep going, the balance thing sucks I went down stairs a whole flight of them fancy polished kind that made my balance worse, oddly enough nuero didn't notice my balance issues and bc he listed tremors on my MRI that was under written so more delays but I'm now aware of how easily it is to fall thru the cracks. Stay on things & be extremely careful. ❤️
I have stenosis in both areas, with horrible, neurogenic Claudication, feels like dragging a ball and chain, and bad nerve pain from the tailbone down the back of my ass cheek and leg above the knee is the worst, I'm trying to avoid surgery as long as I can buy stretching and strength training on my legs and core, wish me luck
Hi what kind of stretching you routinely doing? I am also diagnoses with spinal canal stenosis and I am still 33 :(
@@TravelingWithKiwi same here, i just diagnosed and also 33yrs old. I just saw this vitamins that can help and i will try and give u an update soon.
I'm 34 and on my 3rd week of this, only when sitting leant over am I pain free, unable to walk more than 50ft, or stand longer than a few minutes. I can't sleep on the bed, only on the sofa, my back is completely rounded the wrong way and my mid back muscles are bulging as they are trying to support my back. Gabapentin isn't helping or any other lain relief, I'm at my wit's end now! I'm doing stretches but they don't help, I'm unable to stand up straight on lie on my front, my back just refuses to arch like it should.
I am all but certain that I have cervical spinal stenosis I’ve been referred for further evaluation by my doctor to see a Neurologist and an Orthopedist specialist 😩 this really sucks I’m only 32 years old
Same problem
Just checking the symptoms. Yep I still have it! Hahahahaha
Hi what symptoms are you experiencing? And have you gotten any relief?
I'm screwed. I have spinal stenosis and herniated disks.
I have been diagnosed the same , i haven't a meal for nearly week lost a lot weight and been in tears but finally started to except it ,by no choice . It so scary
I was just diagnosed with cervical stenosis and my neurosurgeon told me that I NEED to get a disc replacement or an ACDF surgery. I'm pretty nervous about it. If I am hunched over, I can deal with the pain. If I stand up straight and start doing chin tucks, I'm completely screwed.
I’m I’m such pain with spinal stenosis and degenerative disc disease. I’m only 48 years old and I’ve had this since I was 20 years old when I got into a car accident by a drunk driver. I’m in bed all day long every day because of the pain. I’ve tried to do the exercises, but it hurts too much. Laying down is the only thing that helps. The drunk driver got 20 years. I’m devastated and disabled for the rest of my life..
I understand your pain is unbearable and the only way you find relief is by laying down. However, full bed rest is not the cure in fact the least thing you should be doing.
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Does not improve with age ... I am 79 and have a terrible time walking and standing and, for lots of reasons, too old for surgery. If you have a choice, don't wait !
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Hey , can you offer Arabic substitle on your video
I can’t even understand this guy, wtf