Spinal stenosis happens when the spaces in the spine narrow and can place pressure on nearby nerves. Symptoms often include back or neck pain, leg or arm discomfort, and pain that worsens with standing or walking. At Mountain View Pain Center, we help identify what’s driving your symptoms and build a plan to reduce pain and improve function.
When to Seek Urgent Care
Seek urgent evaluation if you have new or worsening weakness, loss of bowel or bladder control, saddle numbness, rapidly worsening numbness/tingling, severe unrelenting pain after trauma, fever/chills, or significant new balance problems.
To recommend the right treatment, we start by confirming whether your symptom pattern is consistent with stenosis and whether nerves may be involved. Your visit may include a review of walking/standing tolerance, symptom triggers and relief positions, movement testing, and assessment of the spine, hips, and surrounding muscles. If symptoms include radiating pain, numbness, tingling, or weakness, we may also perform a basic neurologic screen. We also check for red flags to determine whether imaging or referral is appropriate.
At Mountain View Pain Center, our multidisciplinary team combines evidence-based care to relieve pain and restore motion:
Targeted diagnostic injections and image-guided procedures when appropriate to reduce inflammation and calm irritated nerves or joints.
Movement-based care focused on mobility, posture, strength, and improving walking tolerance—often emphasizing positions and progressions that reduce nerve irritation.
Hands-on care to support joint mobility and reduce muscle tension, tailored to your symptoms and comfort.
A natural option to support pain relief and relaxation, often combined with your broader plan.
Every clinic below has Chiropractic, Physical Therapy, Acupuncture and Pain Management on one chart, so care can move between them without a new referral.
Downtown out through the north, west, south and east suburbs.
Academy, Interquest and Tenderfoot cover the north, central and south of the city.
Harmony in Fort Collins and our Greeley clinic serve Larimer and Weld counties.
Across the Valley, from the West Valley through Phoenix to the East Valley.
It often causes back or neck stiffness plus leg or arm symptoms like heaviness, cramping, numbness, or tingling—especially with standing or walking.
For many people, those positions reduce pressure on irritated nerves, which can temporarily ease symptoms.
Not always. If your symptoms or exam suggest imaging would help guide care, we’ll recommend the appropriate next step.
Yes. Many people benefit from mobility, strength, posture strategies, and a walking tolerance plan.
It depends on severity and symptoms. Many patients benefit from coordinated care—often combining PT, Chiropractic care, Acupuncture, and, when appropriate, Pain Management procedures.
Often, no. Some insurance plans require a referral or authorization—if you’re unsure, we can help verify.
Leaning forward opens the canal and takes the pressure off the nerves, which is why walking bent over is easier than walking upright. That pattern is one of the clearest signs of stenosis.
No. Many people are managed without it. Physical Therapy aimed at the positions that open the canal, Chiropractic care and epidural steroid injections are the usual route, and surgery is considered when function is being lost.
Spinal Stenosis is treated at every Mountain View Pain Center clinic in Colorado and Arizona — see the full clinic map, Colorado or Arizona.
