A conundrum. The word refers to the apparent, physical complaints of pain in the soft tissues of the body, including the muscles. This diagnosis arose early in my career in the 1980’s. We didn’t know much about it then, and many physicians thought disparagingly of patients who complained. These patients would report diffuse pain all […]

Spinal stenosis is a narrowing of the spinal canal of the spine. Stenosis as a term can also be used to describe narrowing of the smaller holes, on the sides of your spine, where the spinal nerves exit. These holes are called foramina. But the bigger hole/canal is where the spinal cord and nerves descend