Fact: You can have spinal stenosis and NO pain. One MRI study looked at 33 people over age 55: 69% had mild stenosis, 29% moderate, 6% severe. Another study of 300 pain-free backs found 24% had compressed nerves. Fact: Pain-free spines have three unique qualities - I'll tell you what they are, and exactly how to get them. A Few of the dozens of Amazon Verified 5-Star Reviews... 5.0 out of 5 stars Best book on Stenosis! -Rep 5.0 out of 5 stars This book is gold. -Customer 5.0 out of 5 stars Like Having Your Own Personal Therapist. -Navy Mom 5.0 out of 5 stars Highly recommended for all back pain sufferers! -Megan 5.0 out of 5 stars Helped My Grandmother's Back Pain -Dawn Maynor 5.0 out of 5 stars Helpful Tool for Those Living With Spinal Stenosis. - Mrs. Hill 5.0 out of 5 stars Worth the money. -ChuckT 5.0 out of 5 stars A must-read for anyone with Spinal Stenoss. -RKC 5.0 out of 5 stars Extremely helpful. -Leslie Magnuson 5.0 out of 5 stars Simple 6-week Programme that can Help ! -P. J. Forbes-Smith 5.0 out of 5 stars Treat Your Own Spinal Stenosis a Terrific Book. -Eric Madis 5.0 out of 5 stars This book is a must for Spinal Stenosis sufferers. -Rebecca Anne 5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing resource. -B.Krontz 5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars. -Diane Shear 5.0 out of 5 stars Helpful. -Bettie Shepherd 5.0 out of 5 stars Good read, great information -Jennifer 5.0 out of 5 stars Works. -jewelry29 5.0 out of 5 stars Written in a way to easily understand! -CJZ 5.0 out of 5 stars Very helpful book. -C. Fatheree 5.0 out of 5 stars This was a good book. Easy to understand & I learned more ... -Polly Brady 5.0 out of 5 stars Health related and quite pertinent. I read this and do the exercises daily and they are very helpful -RONALD 5.0 out of 5 stars The recommended exercises in this book eliminated my pain.from sciatica. -Joan Homann Other bestsellers by Jim Johnson, PT... The Healthy Thumb Handbook I Tore My Knee Meniscus, Now What? Treat Your Own Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Getting the Most Out of Your Inversion Table Treat Your Own Tennis Elbow Treat Your Own Hand and Thumb Osteoarthritis The Five-Minute Plantar Fasciitis Solution Treat Your Own Iliotibial Band Syndrome Bulletproof Your Knee Treat Your Own Achilles Tendinitis Treat Your Own Rotator Cuff Bulletproof Your Hamstrings Bulletproof Your Shoulder Treat Your Own Patellar Tendinitis Treat Your Own Knee Arthritis The Sixty-Second Motivator Finding Happiness in a Frustrating World Exercise Beats Depression Review        Many people with spinal stenosis may feel like, "My back is a mess, there's no way I can ever get better!"        Well, I'm here to tell you that you are not doomed.  The reason I can say this is simply because there are many people walking around bone spurs, compressed nerves, herniated discs, etc - yet   have no pain .  Put another way, it's quite possible to have spinal stenosis in your back and feel just fine.       How can I say such a thing with any kind of confidence? By looking at the research that has been done on people with no back pain. Let's have a quick look at a few studies and you'll see what I mean...   one study took 67 people with no back pain or sciatica and scanned their low backs with an MRI (magnetic resonance imaging).  In the group that was 60 to 80 years old, 21% had spinal stenosis (Boden 1990).   yet another study used MRI and looked at 33 people over fifty-five years of age.  All had no symptoms.  What did they find?  69% had at least mild central canal stenosis, 29% had at least   moderate central canal stenosis, and 6% had severe central canal stenosis (Tong 2006).   in this study, MRI scans were done on 31 people with no back pain  between the ages of fifty-five and eighty years old. 23% had spinal stenosis (Haig 2007).        At this point, some readers may be skeptical and find this hard to believe.  After all, spinal stenosis puts pressure on the nerves so you'd have to have some pain, right? Yet another popular misconception.  Check out these studies...   this one looked at 300 asymptomatic individuals who had myelograms. A myelogram is an x-ray study where dye is injected into the spine which outlines the spinal cord and nerve roots.  This in turn enables doctors to see if there's any pressure on things.  The researchers found that 24% of subjects showed some type of nerve compression in their low back (Hitselberger 1968).   another study took 46 volunteers with no back pain and examined them with an MRI.  21% of them had something either touching or pressing on a nerve in their back (Boos 1995).   researchers in this study did MRI scans on 60 people without back pain. Interestingly, 22% of subjects had something touching a spinal nerve, 7% had something pressing on a nerve eno