Surgery Not Better for Spine Narrowing

This one, reported in US News and World Report, surprised me.  When someone’s spinal health is neglected, the spine will degenerate.  Spinal stenosis occurs when the degeneration is so bad that there isn’t room for the nerves, including the spinal cord itself.  These people will usually get relief from chiropractic care, but the degeneration is permanent, so the relief they’ll get isn’t going to last as long as everyone would like.  With these people, I always thought that surgery might be a reasonable alternative to “open things up...