Lumbar spinal stenosis compresses the sciatic nerve, making walking difficult and painful.

Lumbar spinal stenosis compresses sciatica in the following ways**

Clause. 1. Oral drugs**, which can be used orally for pain relief, such as meloxicam, celecoxib, loxoprofen sodium tablets, or oral aminophenol codeine tablets, and at the same time, oral Chinese patent medicines, such as Gen Tingping granules or low back pain Ning capsules, can be used for pain relief of Chinese patent medicines**.

Clause. 2. Early rest, you can continue to rest in bed for 1-2 weeks, and immobilize the lower back, which can also effectively relieve the symptoms of low back pain and sciatica.

Clause. 3. Physical**, microwave physiotherapy or far-infrared physiotherapy can be used, which can reduce local inflammation and relieve pain.

Clause. Fourth, if the effect is not good or the condition continues to worsen after conservative **, then consider surgery**, surgery can enlarge the spinal canal, reduce the compression of nerves, so that the symptoms of sciatica disappear.

After lumbar spinal stenosis, compression of the sciatic nerve causes pain, and most of them require surgery**, and only a very small number of cases caused by lumbar disc herniation can be considered conservative**. If it is secondary spinal stenosis caused by lumbar disc herniation, it is possible to use strict conservative ** such as lumbar traction to make the herniated disc retract, so as to avoid nerve compression and pain. However, if it is lumbar spinal stenosis caused by bone hyperplasia, ligament hypertrophy, etc., then only surgery can be done to solve the compression of the sciatic nerve.

You go to the Department of Neurosurgery of Zhangye People's Hospital to find Dr. Li Hui.

I need you to do an MRI of the lumbar spine** as well as an X-ray.

Then decide whether to have surgery or not.

And. Surgical modality.

Deputy Chief Physician of Beijing Xuanwu Hospital-Department of Neurosurgery-Wu Hao.

Lumbar spinal stenosis compresses the nerves in the legs, causing leg pain, which can be done in several ways**

1. Conservative**: mainly including bed rest, continuous traction of the lumbar spine, intravenous use of mannitol injection and methylprednisolone, after the above comprehensive **, the clinical symptoms of lumbar spinal stenosis can be rapidly improved.

2. Surgery**: If it is more serious, conservative **two weeks is ineffective, surgery needs to be considered**, through surgery to open the narrow spinal canal, relieve nerve compression, restore nerve conduction function, can completely relieve the clinical symptoms of leg pain, postoperative with low back muscle exercise and short-term immobilization, can make the effect more consolidated.

There is still a certain difference, but it is difficult for individuals to distinguish, after the occurrence of back pain and other conditions, it is necessary to pay attention to it, timely examination, Shanghai Kaiyuan and the like are orthopedics.

Analysis of the gross difference in the sales situation:

The lumbar spine space narrows, compressing the sciatic nerve and causing sciatica.

Opinions and suggestions: multi-rock swimming traction, acupuncture, massage, traditional Chinese medicine and other methods of comprehensive treatment of Qingqing therapy, adhere to the **most have good results, serious, or conservative** effect is not good can be operated.

Analysis: Hello, your condition may be a relative narrowing of the lumbar spinal canal caused by a herniated lumbar disc. The nerve roots are compressed by the herniated disc, producing symptoms in the lower limbs.

Advice: Your pain level is already very significant and it is affecting your normal life, and surgery is recommended**. Removal of herniated discs and enlarged narrowed spinal canals.