Neural Foramen - Neural Foraminal Narrowing

There are small holes between the spinal bones where the nerve roots come out. These are called neural foramen. Narrowing in the neural foramen may be in the waist or neck. As a result of the narrowing of the neural foramen, the nerve remains under pressure and begins to cause complaints. If it happens in the lower back, pain in the hip and leg, sciatic pain. It causes symptoms such as weakness in the legs and feet. If it is in the neck, numbness, tingling, weakness, pain hitting the arm, gait disturbance and loss of balance may occur in the hands and arms. narrow canal

What causes narrowing of the neural foramen? As we age, the spine begins to age. Deterioration of the cartilage between the vertebrae, loss of height, loss of fluid occurs and this is called degeneration. These can occur in rheumatic diseases such as osteoarthritis or in conditions such as trauma, injury, scoliosis, tumor.