If you have been diagnosed with spondylolysis or are the parent of a child with spondylolysis, you have probably had nonsurgical treatments that may have or still include:
- Rest and avoiding activities that worsen your pain or places high stress on your low back.
- Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs).
- Physical therapy.
- Back Braces.
Spondylolysis is a crack or fracture in the back of the vertebrae body occurring in the pars interarticularis, the “tail” of the vertebrae. In younger patients this injury can occur from a trauma injury or in older patients degenerative wear and tear. This injury can result in spinal instability and slippage, not of the disc, but the vertebrae itself. This is the diagnosis of spondylolisthesis.
Spondylolisthesis can be treated non-surgically. Traditional conservative care options include painkillers, activity modification, and possibly the use of corticosteroid injections. However, if bladder, bowel function, or leg weakness or loss of function occurs, surgery will be recommended.
In children and adolescents diagnosed spondylosis is most commonly the L5/S1 segment. In adults, lumbar spondylolisthesis is not always symptomatic. It occurs most frequently at the L4/L5 segment. Adults with degenerative spondylolisthesis will usually not progress to a worsening spondylolisthesis.
Diagnosis
Doctors will suspect spondylosis / spondylolisthesis if the patient describes an injury or trauma recently or even in the past. The patient may describe a situation of being able to relive their back pain by simply leaning forward, walking up stairs, or sitting with a good posture. Doctors will suspect spondylosis / spondylolisthesis if the patient describes pain radiating through the buttocks into the hips and legs.
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While spondylosis and spondylolisthesis can cause severe pain, conservative care or regenerative medicine can help many people with disability, pain and loss of function.
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