[header] How to fight cervical spinal stenosis [title] Understand the condition. [step] Cervical spinal stenosis is the narrowing of the spinal canal in the neck. [substeps] The spinal canal is the open area in the central part of the bones (vertebrae) that make up the spinal column. 
The spinal cord is a collection of nerves that runs through the spinal canal from the base of the brain to the lower back. These nerves allow us to feel, to move, and to control the bowel and bladder and other body functions.