Treatment for Bone Spurs, Foraminal Stenosis, and Spinal Stenosis

At Atlantic Spinal Care our caring staff provides comprehensive care for individuals suffering from spinal pain caused by Bone Spurs, Foraminal Stenosis, and Spinal Stenosis. Patients who come to us with these conditions often feel pain in their neck, back, arms, and legs. The reduction in space (stenosis) caused by these conditions, entraps or pinches surrounding nerves leading to the pain you are feeling.

Although we are leaders in endoscopic spine surgery, we also provide other options of treatment depending on each individual's unique condition. It is our belief that treatment begins with proper and accurate diagnosis as well as by understanding each of our patient's needs and the journey they have been through already.

ASC believes that currently 5 steps are available on the path of treatment for spinal pain. Depending on the severity of the individual’s condition, one individual may start off at a different step then another. Here are the different steps:

The 5 Steps of Treatment for Back and Neck Pain
Step 16 to 8 weeks of conservative treatments including physical therapy & exercises, chiropractic adjustments, anti-inflammatory medications, acupuncture.
Step 21 to 3 spinal steroid injections.
Step 3Endoscopic Spinal Surgery
Step 4Open spinal surgery (microdisectomy, laminectomy, spinal fusions, total disc replacement)
Step 5Endoscopic spinal surgery, spinal cord stimulator, spinal narcotic pumps

We look forward to determining what causes your pain and where we can start to help you in regards to your pain treatment process.

You have three options to get started. They are:

  1. If at this time you only have a quick question then fill out our quick contact form.
  2. Have your MRI reviewed by our Chief Surgeon and speak to him directly afterwards.
  3. Sign up to participate in our pain study to really understand your pain and your next step to take.

If you would like to learn a little bit more about Atlantic Spinal Care and how we change lives every day, we recommend watching some of our patients video testimonials and hearing from them first hand on how we gave them their lives back.

If you need more information on things such as our commitment to quality, our outstanding track record, the length of stay involved for our treatments or how we work with insurance companies directly to have you pay as little out of pocket as possible, we recommend visiting the section on Reasons to Choose ASC.

Bone spurs (osteophytes) refer to bony overgrowths. Bone spurs commonly occur in the back of the spine, and they are prominent in older people. Bone spurs can compress surrounding nerve structure and cause pain and nerve related symptoms. Facet joint bone spurs causes neck and low back pain when facet joints move.
A foramen is a small hole through which the nerve roots exit the spine. Foraminal stenosis refers to the narrowing of the small holes. The most common causes of foraminal stenosis include bone spurs (bony projections), disc herniations, disc bulging, arthritis, and ligament thickening.
Stenosis means narrowing in medicine. Spinal stenosis refers to the narrowing of the spinal canal. The most common causes of spinal stenosis are wear, tear, or degeneration of the spine. Stenosis starts with spinal disc changes such as tearing, bulging, scarring, herniating, and narrowing. Gradually, the spinal facet joint becomes inflamed, the ligaments in the spinal canal and nerve holes become overgrown, and bone spurs form on the vertebrae and facets. These new growths compress the spinal cord and spinal nerves causing pain.

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