question: HI DOC, MY SISTER HAS EXPERIENCED PAIN AND WEAKNESS IN HER ARM, SHE HAS HAD AN MRI AND HER NEROSURGEON HAS DIAGNOSED A C5/6 CANAL STENOSIS IE NERVE ROOT COMPRESSION AND RECOMMEDNED A LAMINECTOMY. I POINT OUT OUT THAT THERE IS NO BACK OR LEG PAIN JUST LOSS OF STRENGTH IN HER ARM I FEEL THE RECOMMENDATION IS EXTREME AND I WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR THOUGHTS. NORMAN BURD MELBOURNE AUSTRALIA