Kate Corr discusses the link between memory and music and the famous musicians who have carried on playing despite a dementia diagnosis. When country legend Glenn Campbell announced his diagnosis with Alzheimerâs in 2011 he decided to embark on a farewell tourâ¦which ended up lasting two years and 151 songs.
Spinal stenosis is an abnormal narrowing (stenosis) of the spinal canal that may occur in any of the regions of the spine. This narrowing causes a restriction to the spinal canal, resulting in a neurological deficit. Symptoms include pain, numbness, paraesthesia, and loss of motor control.
By Michael Perry, M.D. Spinal stenosis is caused with the spinal canal narrows and compresses the nerve roots in the spinal cord. Cervical spinal stenosis is the form of spinal stenosis found in the neck, or cervical, portion of the spine. Patients who suffer from cervical spinal stenosis often experience local pain in the vertebrae of the neck, as well as radiating pain down the arm and into the finger or up the neck and into the head.