provides a place for local organizations and companies to connect directly with the NewsOK audience by publishing sponsored native advertising articles of interest on the NewsOK digital platforms and to participate in the resulting conversation.content is produced by the organizations and included in this special section as a service to NewsOK readers. Read more about BrandInsight here . To learn how to participate in, email us at brand-insight@opubco.com

Connecting local experts and business leaders with the NewsOK audience. What is this?

Dr. Michael Riley, D.C., of Renuva Back Pain Center in Oklahoma City, consulting with a patient. Photo provided by Renuva.

It’s that creeping pain in your neck. Spinal stenosis pain causes both local symptoms, as well as radiating symptoms that travel to the extremities.

Location and severity of symptoms can vary. Patients diagnosed with spinal stenosis often describe neck and back pain, a burning pain that shoots into the arms or legs, tingling and numbness, and muscle weakness that affects the ability to walk or disrupts fine motor skills.

It’s not the kind of pain that stops you in its tracks, but the kind that slowly wears you down.

“What it comes down to is that if you struggle with spinal stenosis, the pain and the numbness are real,” said Dr. Michael Riley, D.C., of Renuva Back Pain Center in Oklahoma City.