What else can cause spinal stenosis?
“In addition to degeneration of the spine, anything that crowds the space where the nerves in your back live can cause stenosis: • A tumor growing in your spine—whether cancerous or non-cancerous—can give you stenosis if it is pushing on your nerves. • Trauma or fractures in your spine can cause spinal stenosis if the bones in your neck or back squash into the spinal cord and nerves. • Bleeding—whether spontaneous or after surgery—can create spinal stenosis if the blood going into your spinal cord pushes on the nerves and squashes them. • Infection can cause spinal stenosis.
