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Lumbar Spinal Stenosis

Lower back pain, pain that radiates down

your legs or affects the buttocks when

standing or walking, might be a sign that

you have lumbar spinal stenosis. Lumbar

spinal stenosis is a narrowing of the spinal

canal which may cause compression or

squeezing of nerves that lead to the legs.

The condition is a common cause of low

Christopher Hulen, M.D.
Henry Ford
West Bloomfield Hospital

back, buttock and leg pain, which most

frequently affects middle-aged and older

adults. if your symptoms are mild, you may

Modern Jewish Parents

The first Hadassah Parenting Institute, "Parenting for the Modern Jewish
Family:' was held March 10. Speakers included Dr. Brian Gendelman;
Shelly Milstein, speech and language pathologist; nutritionist Lisa
Weinbaum; and Rabbi Rachel Shere of Adat Shalom Synagogue,
Farmington Hills. Psychologist Dr. Melissa Oleshansky was moderator.
The evening included a panel discussion and dessert reception. Above
are Oleshansky of Waterford, Gendelman of West Bloomifeld, Milstein of
Orchard Lake, Weinbaum of Bloomfield Hills and Julie Solomon of Novi.

be treated with medication or physical

therapy. But if the pain just won't go away,

it might be time to see a spine surgeon. At

Henry Ford, when you consult with a spine

surgeon, you actually have the expertise

of a multidisciplinary team of Henry Ford

Medical Group specialists to help get you

back on your feet again. Why live with the

pain when you don't have to?

Dr. Hulen is a Henry Ford Medical Group

Senior Staff Spine Surgeon, who specializes

in all aspects of spinal treatment.

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Conservation Tips

What you can do to stop global
warming:
Lighting and compact fluorescent
information

• Install Energy Star compact
fluorescent light (CFL) bulbs and
recycle them: www.efi.org .

To make an appointment with Dr. Hulen. please call:

HENRY FORD
WEST BLOOMFIELD HOSPITAL

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery

6777 W. Maple Road
West Bloomfield, Ml 48322
(248) 661-6470

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• For information on selecting
CFLs, go to Alliance for Climate
Protection: www.climateprotect.
org/ah1.

• For questions on CFL recycling
and mercury go to:
www.energystar.gov/ia/partners/
promotions/change_light/
downloads/Fact_Sheet_Mercury.
pdf.

• Consider solar options for your
outdoor lighting.

Jewish Thought on the
Environment:
"This day I call heaven and earth
as witnesses against you that
I have set before you life and
death, blessings and curses. Now
choose life, so that you and your
children may live. "
— Deuteronomy 30:19

Please contact Michigan Coalition
on the Environment & Jewish Life
for global warming presentations:
(248) 642-5393, ext. 7, or mi-
coejl@jfmd.org.

Source: Michigan Coalition on the Environment & Jewish Life