On the MR they reported moderate stenosis--did they comment on cord compression at that level--right cord compression at that level could cause left arm/leg spasticity and or tingling/numbness, and the muscle contractiions can be painful
If they comment on it, you should have someone (neuroradiologist or neurologist check the images)---sometime steriods can help
Is there a cure or a very effective treatment for RSD/COPD? My wife was a marathon runner and is greatly hoping to get well enough to return to running...
my suggestion of RSD is the same illness as Dr. Sharma, COPD is the newest name for RSD
Hi there. Many people with multiple sclerosis experience spasticity or muscle spasms affecting the muscles of legs and arms, which can be very painful also. The cervical C6 spinous process fracture could not be causing spasticity of both arms and legs. Another possibility is of any previous injury triggering complex regional pain syndrome, which is a chronic severe nerve pain in response to injury or infection in the arm. Consult your neurologist about these speculations and things should be sorted out. Take care.
I've got RSD, reflex sympathetic dystrophy. It can be caused from even minor injuries and causes severe pain which can spread from the original injury area. It is difficult to confirm and a lot of doctors are not qualified or sensitive enough to look for it. I got the RSD from a finger amputation, and several months after that started having pain in other fingers which spread up my arm,then my whole left side. Does your wife have variances in temperature of her extremities that are affected? I later broke my back and so I am familiar with back and neck injuries also, I broke mine at the T 5, 6 and would have been unable to walk if it had been one higher. No one has similaiar symptoms from it, and so I suggest she enquire about the possibility to a open minded neurologist. It can affect your immune symptoms and weakened mine that I caught a severe case of H1N1. Research it and see if any symptoms apply
Sorry. I can't help. But I'll try for Mrs. Military. Dad's a Vietnam Vet. I'm a chiari malformation/basilar invagination/EDS chick, so I know a little bit about cervical vertebrae. Spasticity and pain are symptoms of chiari and syringomyelia. Here's a pretty reliable source from the Chiari and Syringomyelia Foundation:
CM and SM Handbook http://www.csfinfo.org/patientinfo.
Is this a correct definition of central canal stenosis?
http://my.clevelandclinic.org/disorders/stenosis_spinal/hic_lumbar_canal_stenosis.aspx