Hey there,
I have been submitted to surgery on February of 2016. Fused from T3 to T10.
1) I was thinking if those who are fully recovered (+2 years of surgery) benefit from doing chin-ups or some bar-hanging to alleviate the stress of the joint just under the fusion or just to work out? Let me rephrase it, can we do it?
2) On another note, I would like to know how many inches of scar do the surgeons leave away from the fused vertebrae? I would like to know this to better pinpoint the spot/vertebrae of pain. For example, the lowest vertebrae instrumented of mine is T10. Should I assume that the scar ends on T11 or T12?
3) Just out of curiosity, let's suppose I need revision surgery in the future. Is it possible to further correct the curve of the fused spine? If so, how they -the surgeons- do it? Do they need to fuse more levels to accomplish this?
Sorry for the disparate subjects of the Qs, but it is difficult to topic all the doubts I have.
Thank you in advance
I have been submitted to surgery on February of 2016. Fused from T3 to T10.
1) I was thinking if those who are fully recovered (+2 years of surgery) benefit from doing chin-ups or some bar-hanging to alleviate the stress of the joint just under the fusion or just to work out? Let me rephrase it, can we do it?
2) On another note, I would like to know how many inches of scar do the surgeons leave away from the fused vertebrae? I would like to know this to better pinpoint the spot/vertebrae of pain. For example, the lowest vertebrae instrumented of mine is T10. Should I assume that the scar ends on T11 or T12?
3) Just out of curiosity, let's suppose I need revision surgery in the future. Is it possible to further correct the curve of the fused spine? If so, how they -the surgeons- do it? Do they need to fuse more levels to accomplish this?
Sorry for the disparate subjects of the Qs, but it is difficult to topic all the doubts I have.
Thank you in advance
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