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Lifestyles from page 18 Spinal Stenosis FAQs • Medicine to reduce swelling
• Spinal injections to decrease inflammation
changes in your life, such as a marriage, addition of Spinal stenosis is fairly • Medicine to relieve pain
children, new job, and so on. And as you move closer common. Degenerative • Activity modification
to retirement, you may also need to adjust your strategy spinal changes affect up • Exercises and/or physical therapy
in some ways. For one thing, you might want to adopt to 95 percent of people by
a more conservative investment approach in the years the age of 50, and spinal Surgical treatments for cervical spinal stenosis include:
immediately preceding your retirement, though you’ll stenosis is one of these • Microsurgical decompression of nerves
still need to have some growth potential in your portfolio changes. For people over 65 • Spinal laminoplasty — non-fusion spinal restoration
to help keep you ahead of inflation. undergoing spine surgery, • Posterior spinal fusion using 3d computer-assisted
• Protect yourself from financial dangers. As you lumbar spinal stenosis is the technology
go about your household spring cleaning, you may find most common diagnosis. • Anterior cervical fusion
actual physical dangers that need to be removed or stored An estimated 200,000 • Artificial disc replacement
more safely, such as sharp objects or broken tools. And Americans suffer from
as you navigate daily life, you may also find threats to lumbar spinal stenosis. Dr. J. Manuel Sarmiento Surgical treatments for lumbar spinal stenosis include:
your financial safety — the need for an expensive home It’s more prevalent in the • Microsurgical decompression of nerves
improvement, a major car repair, or an unexpectedly large elderly population but can also affect younger individuals. • Spinal fusion for stabilization using several various
medical bill. If you don’t have the money available to J. Manuel Sarmiento, MD, an experienced approaches
pay these expenses, you might be forced to dip into your neurosurgeon at Cleveland Clinic Weston Hospital,
retirement accounts or run up your credit card or take out answers frequently asked questions about spinal stenosis. To schedule an appointment with Dr. Sarmiento or
a high-rate loan. To protect yourself from having to make another Cleveland Clinic neurosurgeon in Florida, call
these moves, you may want to maintain an emergency Q: What is spinal stenosis? 877.463.2010. Visit ClevelandClinicFlorida.org/neuro
fund containing several months’ worth of living expenses, A: Spinal stenosis is narrowing around the spinal cord for more information.
with the money kept in a liquid account, separate from and/or nerves. Lumbar stenosis is narrowing of the nerves
those you use for your daily living expenses. in the lower back. This may produce leg pain (sciatica),
Of course, some of these moves can take some time leg numbness, or possibly leg weakness. Cervical stenosis
— but by getting started on them soon, you can help put is pressure on the spinal cord or nerves in the neck. This
your financial house in better shape by the time the next may result in arm pain, numbness, weakness, difficulty
spring cleaning rolls around. writing, and even walking abnormalities.
This article was written by Edward Jones for use by
your local Edward Jones Financial Advisor, Edward Q: What causes spinal stenosis?
Jones, Member SIPC. • Aging
Edward Jones is a licensed insurance producer in • Genetics
all states and Washington, DC, through Edward D. • Congenitally narrow spinal canal
Jones & Co., LP, and in California, New Mexico, and • Smoking
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of California, LLC; Edward Jones Insurance Agency of
New Mexico, LLC; and Edward Jones Insurance Agency Q: How is spinal stenosis treated?
of Massachusetts, LLC. A: There are many treatments for spinal stenosis, both
Edward Jones, its employees, and financial advisors surgical and non-surgical. Every patient is unique and
cannot provide tax advice. You should consult your therefore treatment needs to be unique as well. When
qualified tax advisor regarding your situation. considering surgery, there are many factors that need
Contact us at (561) 748-7600, Sally Sima Stahl, CFP®, to be taken into account. It is important to meet with a
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Non-surgical treatments include:

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