A client has progressively worsening pain in the lower back with numbness and pain down the right leg, reporting a one inch loss in height over the last 10 years. The nurse suspects spinal stenosis...

A client has progressively worsening pain in the lower back with numbness and pain down the right leg, reporting a one inch loss in height over the last 10 years. The nurse suspects spinal stenosis because:

1. Spinal stenosis causes impingement of the nerve roots and can lead to back and leg pain.

2. Disc space in the spinal column shrinks with spinal stenosis causing height loss.

3. The client was a long distance runner in her earlier years and the constant jarring from running causes spinal stenosis.

4. X-rays show hypokyphosis.