Can claudication be prevented?

Can claudication be prevented?

There are many things you can do to prevent vascular claudication or delay its onset. These include:

• Maintain a healthy weight.
• Eat a balanced diet.
• Stay physically active.
• Quit using tobacco products (if you use them).
• Manage any health conditions that can contribute to this problem, including high blood pressure, high cholesterol and diabetes.

Neurogenic claudication is harder to prevent because spinal stenosis is part of the natural aging process. However, while spinal stenosis is more likely to happen as people get older, the majority of people who have it also have no symptoms.

Some recommendations to prevent or delay spinal stenosis include:

• Exercising and staying active.
• Eating a balanced diet.
• Maintaining a healthy weight.