What Is a Myelopathy?
7. Treatment
Your doctor may recommend nonsurgical treatments for your myelopathy at first. These may include medications to relieve the pain and reduce inflammation that may be contributing to your symptoms. Physical therapy may help to relieve the pain and symptoms by addressing the direct cause of myelopathy, prescribing specific stretching and strengthening activities, and treating how a person tends to move. Bracing is another treatment option.
If conservative treatments such as these are unsuccessful or your myelopathy is advanced, your doctor may recommend surgery to relieve the compression. Spinal fusion may be performed with decompression to reduce the motion of the affected vertebrae. Laminoplasty is performed to increase the space within the channel and relieve the compression on the cord.
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