What is spinal stenosis?

Spinal stenosis is a narrowing of areas in the lumbar (back) or cervical (neck) spine, which causes pressure on the spinal cord or one or more of the spinal nerves.

How do members experience spinal stenosis?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with spinal stenosis*

*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.

Top treatments taken by people for spinal stenosis*

Who has spinal stenosis on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 1
20s 8
30s 99
40s 387
50s 912
60s 1,035
70+ 664

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 626
Female 2,456