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Anyone have spinal stenosis?
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<blockquote data-quote="Tinman" data-source="post: 217381" data-attributes="member: 371"><p>My story is similar….I had numbness in my pointer right finger and eventually atrophy in my shoulder and triceps muscles a little over a year ago. But zero pain. I was ordered an MRI and nerve test and recommended to a spine specialist by my sports doctor…. Because of COVID it took me about 5 weeks to get both tests done and an appt with specialist. In the meantime I talked to a friend who had a similar issue who recommended traction. After a lot of research and reading I decided to try the “neck hammock”. I started using it immediately. At first 5 minutes a day then eventually up to 15…..Within a week the numbness in my finger went away. By the time I did the nerve test the doctor said there was zero limitations or effect in my nerves or muscles and by the time I finally saw the doctor I was gaining my strength back….the MRI did show issues between C4-8 including stenosis and the doctor wanted to fuse all three joints without ANY discussions about therapies, injections or replacement. I never went back….since my issues are mostly age and deterioration related the traction (along with yoga and massage as others have suggested) won’t fix my problem it has undoubtedly reduced and almost eliminated my symptoms….I do need to find another specialist and have it checked again to be safe but I highly recommend some sort of traction/stretching of the cervical spine!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tinman, post: 217381, member: 371"] My story is similar….I had numbness in my pointer right finger and eventually atrophy in my shoulder and triceps muscles a little over a year ago. But zero pain. I was ordered an MRI and nerve test and recommended to a spine specialist by my sports doctor…. Because of COVID it took me about 5 weeks to get both tests done and an appt with specialist. In the meantime I talked to a friend who had a similar issue who recommended traction. After a lot of research and reading I decided to try the “neck hammock”. I started using it immediately. At first 5 minutes a day then eventually up to 15…..Within a week the numbness in my finger went away. By the time I did the nerve test the doctor said there was zero limitations or effect in my nerves or muscles and by the time I finally saw the doctor I was gaining my strength back….the MRI did show issues between C4-8 including stenosis and the doctor wanted to fuse all three joints without ANY discussions about therapies, injections or replacement. I never went back….since my issues are mostly age and deterioration related the traction (along with yoga and massage as others have suggested) won’t fix my problem it has undoubtedly reduced and almost eliminated my symptoms….I do need to find another specialist and have it checked again to be safe but I highly recommend some sort of traction/stretching of the cervical spine! [/QUOTE]
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