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Woori Kyeonghee Oriental Medicine
Clinic
WHAT IS SPINAL STENOSIS? Oriental Medicine doctor / a doctor of Oriental
medicine
Lee, Woo-kyung
허리가 구부러지는 척추관 협착증이란
우리 경희한의원(Doctor Acupuncture)
무엇인가 한의사/한의학 박사
이 우경

ot long ago, Mr. Jang in his 50s had to repeat walking specializing in spinal diseases promptly, receive an
Nand resting because of numbness in his back and accurate checkup, and then treat for a long time.
legs after only passing two or three holes. One day, his
lower back carried with a significant pain, it was difficult You've heard a lot about herniated discs, but you may feel
to stand straight, and from the hip to the legs and feet, unfamiliar with spinal stenosis. Although the symptoms
numbness and tingling started. His legs were just heavy, of herniated disc and stenosis are similar, they can be
and he often woke up with pain in his calves at night. distinguished, so it must be diagnosed by a specialist and
After seeing Jang's symptoms, people around him said treated accordingly. There are differences in treatment
it looked like a disc, but the examination showed it was methods depending on the cause of spinal stenosis. In
spinal stenosis, not a disc. Spinal stenosis is a disease that rare cases, surgery to cut the bone is required when the
appears more frequently in the age group over 50, such as osteophytes (bones) grow and severely compress the
Mr. Jang, and should be taken care of. In particular, since nerves and the symptoms are severe. However, in most
the age of onset of spinal stenosis is higher than that of cases, the ligaments and mucous membranes are swollen.
the disc and progresses with degeneration, treatment is In this case, numbness through acupuncture while
not easy and the treatment period is generally long. The taking herbal medicines that suppress inflammation and
longer the disease is left unattended, the worse it gets strengthen degenerated bones, decompression to widen
and the more difficult it is to treat, so when symptoms the narrowed vertebral space, and orthodontic treatment
of spinal stenosis appear, you should visit a hospital can reduce the pain, the symptoms can be improved

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