SPINAL STENOSIS and OSTEOPOROSIS
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Stenosis is a medical term referring to a thickening or hardening. When it refers to the spine (spinal stenosis), it means the tissues that line the spinal canal have become stiffened, thickened, hardened, or all three. Severe injuries can result in spinal stenosis. Yet the most commonly overlooked cause of spinal stenosis is osteoporosis.
In simple terms, when the spine starts to weaken and crumble (compression fractures, etc.), your body will begin to deposit cement to strengthen it. This cement is genei.ally a calcium mix. Besides being added to the vertebrae (osteophytes, spurs, calcified disks, fused vertebrae, etc.), the body often thickens, strengthens, and hardens the connective tissues lining the inside of the spinal canal. |
In an effort to bolster the spine, this change in the connective tissues in the spinal canal (where your spinal cord lies) is called spinal stenosis-and it can wreak havoc. The tissues can become so enlarged that they begin to interfere with the nerves running to the arms, hands, and fingers as well as the legs, feet, and toes. There is no really effective way to medically alleviate the eventual numbness, weakness, and paralysis. Surgery is a stop-gap approach, and the procedure is dangerous and often unsuccessful.
When the osteoporosis continues unabated, even if surgery has been partially successful, the condition is likely to return. So when spinal stenosis is caused by osteoporosis, common sense tells us that the only real way to resolve the condition is to cure the osteoporosis. Once the bones become strong again, the body no longer needs the excess tissue hardening and build~up. And slowly but surely the body will resorb the stenosing tissues lining the spinal canal. As this happens, pain, weakness, numbness, and paralysis from the spinal stenosis will disappear.
When the osteoporosis continues unabated, even if surgery has been partially successful, the condition is likely to return. So when spinal stenosis is caused by osteoporosis, common sense tells us that the only real way to resolve the condition is to cure the osteoporosis. Once the bones become strong again, the body no longer needs the excess tissue hardening and build~up. And slowly but surely the body will resorb the stenosing tissues lining the spinal canal. As this happens, pain, weakness, numbness, and paralysis from the spinal stenosis will disappear.
Minerals Cure Overgrowth of Calcium
It seems unlikely that consuming more calcium and minerals will cure a problem of spinal stenosis which is caused by a buildup of calcium. But that is actually the case. To resolve this condition requires three things:
1) adequate mineral and calcium gluconate nutrition.
2) adequate digestive juices and acids to absorb these minerals,
3) heavy, weight bearing exercises (lifting weights).
If any of these are missing, your treatment will fail. And conversely, if all are present, your treatment will be a success-no matter how old you are. It may take from eight to 18 months, but the alternative in the same period of time is further spinal deterioration and stenosis. So get started. And please do not use crushed stone (calcium carbonate) to try to rebuild your skeleton.
And if you're not sure if osteoporosis is playing a role in your spinal stenosis, simply assume that it is. Treating for osteoporosis is general good nutrition for your skeleton no matter what. It can only make you stronger as you grow older.
Health Alert Dr Bruce West vol 23 Issue 4
It seems unlikely that consuming more calcium and minerals will cure a problem of spinal stenosis which is caused by a buildup of calcium. But that is actually the case. To resolve this condition requires three things:
1) adequate mineral and calcium gluconate nutrition.
2) adequate digestive juices and acids to absorb these minerals,
3) heavy, weight bearing exercises (lifting weights).
If any of these are missing, your treatment will fail. And conversely, if all are present, your treatment will be a success-no matter how old you are. It may take from eight to 18 months, but the alternative in the same period of time is further spinal deterioration and stenosis. So get started. And please do not use crushed stone (calcium carbonate) to try to rebuild your skeleton.
And if you're not sure if osteoporosis is playing a role in your spinal stenosis, simply assume that it is. Treating for osteoporosis is general good nutrition for your skeleton no matter what. It can only make you stronger as you grow older.
Health Alert Dr Bruce West vol 23 Issue 4
