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Treatment plan for lumbar canal stenosis
My mother, who is 68 years old, has a mild lower back ache and when she walks, she must halt after a short distance because of stress and nerve discomfort in her left leg which makes it difficult to stand or walk for long periods of time and has trouble ascending stairs. Are these signs of a slipped disc, sciatica, or lumber canal stenosis? If so, kindly recommend a physiotherapy treatment plan and estimate the length of time it would take to fully recover once treatment has started. Someone suggested doing BRT every other day for 30 days while doing relaxation exercises. Some people are also advocating electrotherapy along with daily exercise therapy for an hour. Additionally, some are recommending 20 days of IFT, ultrasound, laser, and strengthening exercises. Please advise the best course of action for quick recovery.
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She has to go for proper assessment.Nerve pain might be caused by not only disk issues but it can be caused due to the tight muscles .Here you didn’t mention about the side of the nerve pain.Please consult the physiotherapist nearby
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Ples consult a good physiotherapist near by
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Hello.
The symptoms you said are due to some nerve compression at lumbar spine.
Slip disc / stenosis / or anything can be confirmed only by MRI scan.
Treatment best to have physiotherapy session near you and let that doctor decide what his/her assessment suggest for her.
Basically it includes combination of some machines and manual exercises.
Do check for her vit b and vit d values..and provide accordingly.
Sometimes few medicines are also needed for symptoms like these..
Best is to visit some near by good physiotherapy clinic.
For any further queries you can consult
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With proper assessment of your mother's condition we can suggest you right treatment.
Have you taken MRI spine?
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She needs proper assessment, electrotherapy is adviced for 3-4 weeks but she needs proper assessment for proper treatment.
As you said the symptoms, there night be nerve compression as per her age it is common to get pains in lower back and legs.
Take her to nearby physiotherapy clinic for assessment and treatment.
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She needs at least online video consultation for best examination and diagnosis.treatment
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yes maybe radiculopathy but after MRI it will confirm.
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Rest.
LS belt except sleeping and eating time.
electro therapy at physio clinic.
therapeutic exercise under supervision of qualified Physio.
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Without proper investigation( mri etc) conditions u mentioned cannot be ruled out. Along back issues she might be having knee pain ( ascending stairs) . She needs a proper assessment first n then only a treatment plan can be made. Also check her calcium n vit D levels. . There can be nerve compression at back n so symptoms can be seen in leg. For this electro therapy is advised. Exercises ( back strengthening) also advised
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Visit physio therapy clinic
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Avoid bending forward.
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Dr. Vidhya (PT)
Physiotherapist
15 yrs exp
Bangalore
Hi,
Take an appointment with an orthopedic surgeon and take the x-ray .pls follow the instructions after ruling out the diagnosis
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Dr. Steephan John (PT)
Physiotherapist
6 yrs exp
Bangalore
she needs a proper assessment and manual therapy treatment and also needs to focus on posture correction sometimes weight transmission needed to be correct
need to take MRI
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if u have any enquiry kindly contact elysiann health and wellness
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Dr. Neetu Rathi (PT)
Physiotherapist
16 yrs exp
Gurgaon
Greetings from Rid of Pain Physiotherapy
She need proper assessment and start Physiotherapy acc to that
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Dr. Jacob Roshan Mathew (PT)
Physiotherapist
21 yrs exp
Bangalore
With any degenerative condition, there is no way of reversing it. But the main symptom of degeneration is stiffness. This can be helped.
However occasional on/off pain is usually impossible to resolve.
Seeing a physiotherapist is what you could do, so that a proper diagnosis could be made.
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