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  • PT After Surgery

    Hi Everyone, I am 13 weeks post op and verrrry happy with my outcome and soooo glad I went through it. Yes, it was hard to go through, but it was so worth it. I started my first day of Physical Therapy yesterday. Can any of you that have gone through PT please let me know what your experience was...were you happy you did it? Did it help? What did they have you do? How long did you go for?

    Thanks in advance. This forum is a wealth of experience to draw from and I am so thankful for you all!!!

    Laura
    Laura
    62 degrees
    49 yrs. young
    Surgery 3/31/10 with Lenke

    Before and After pics
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/13749126@N06/

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    I am glad that you asked, because when I inquired about PT the my doctor was not very enthusiastic about it. He told me to walk 45 minutes a day. I had to push and ask if my sister, who is a licensed PT could give me some excersices to do and he said that would be fine.

    She has me doing some core strenthening excercises, I lay on my back and move my arms and legs back and forth over my body (they call it dying bug, if you can imagine) and a move called the bridge which I lift my back off the table for 5 seconds and one where I press my lower back down to the table. Pretty basic stuff. I also am doing excercises to stetch and strengthen my back, arm, and leg muscles.

    What do they have you doing?

    Melissa
    46 years
    Surgery March 31
    T9-L5 Fusion

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    • #3
      Laura--Walking was the main push for sure. Initially though I had trouble going very far at all. At about 3 months, I think, I started aqua therapy. That was really helpful. A bit later my pt started some very basic things but I wasn't really cleared for that until 6 months. Then we added on to the strengthening exercises. During all of this I continued from the beginning with the basic mostly "bed" exercises that I got in rehab. Janet
      Janet

      61 years old--57 for surgery

      Diagnosed in 1965 at age of 13--no brace
      Thoracic Curve: 96 degrees to 35 degrees
      Lumbar Curve: 63 degrees to 5 degrees
      Surgery with Dr. Lenke in St. Louis--March 30, 2009
      T-2 to Pelvis, and hopefully all posterior procedure.

      All was posterior along with 2 cages and 6 osteotomies.

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      • #4
        Pt

        Hi Laura - sounds like things are going great. Since you're from out of town did Lenke's office coordinate PT with someone in your city? I see Bridwell again July 19(surgery scheduled for Aug 31) and wondered how the PT works for those of us out of town.
        Lisa
        Age 56
        Wore a Milwaukee Brace for 3 years in hs
        Fused L4-S1 for high grade spondylolisthesis Jan '09 in Indy
        Thoracic 68
        Surgery Aug 31, 2010 T3 to L1
        Dr Bridwell St Louis
        http://www.scoliosis.org/forum/attac...1&d=1289881696

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