Neurosurgery of the spine - win with pain

Stenosis or narrowness is a narrowing of the spinal canal that causes a lack of space for the nerve structures in this canal. Most often, the narrowing, which becomes the cause of ailments, occurs in the lumbar region. Degenerative lesions narrowing the spinal canal tighten on the nerve roots like a vice, gradually damaging the nervous structure. This leads to painful pressure on the roots that form nerves in the lower extremities and the urogenital area. This is reflected in lumbar, often radiating, pain in the lower extremities, sciatica, and so-called neurogenic claudication consisting in difficulty walking. The first signal is the appearance of pain after walking, which disappears after leaning forward. After a while the distance that can be walked on shortens, and serious difficulties arise. Stenosis usually affects people who lead a sedentary lifestyle for a long time, now it is even called a civilization disease.

In other words, bulging of the nucleus pulposus of the intervertebral disc is a disease of the intervertebral discs that build our spine in its lowest and most loaded lower part. Symptoms appear when the intervertebral joints are overloaded as a result of these lesions, which results in lumbar pain, and when a damaged fragment of the disc (bulging, herniation, disc sequestration) damages the nerve root. Irritation, damage to the intervertebral disc gives symptoms of sciatica or femoral neuralgia. In extreme damage cases, foot paresis, as well as disorders of urination and defecation may occur. More and more people who lead a passive and sedentary lifestyle are exposed to this type of discopathy because the lumbar region is under a heavy load.