Spinal Stenosis is caused by the narrowing of the spaces in the spine which puts pressure on the nerves and causes pain. There are various spinal stenosis exercises and stretches you can do, but these are Doctor Jo's top three stretches to help relieve the pain. Learn more at http://www.askdoctorjo.com/content/sp... With spinal stenosis, when you bend backwards, it puts pressure on the nerves and causes pain. So the stretches you will be doing to relieve the pain with be bending the spine forward to open up the spaces where the nerves come out of the spine. For the first exercise, lie down on your back with your knees propped up. You are going to do a simple knee to chest. Bring one knee towards your chest by grabbing underneath your knee and pulling up to you. Hold the stretch for 30 secon...
