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I would like to know if after the surgery one could recover his/her back mobility.
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well i had my op in aug, and i could walk about 3days after it....i couldnt walk big steps or quickly, and i couldnt climb stairs, but i had a physio and we practised twice a day everyday for the duration of my stay.
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Mada...
You should definitely be mobile after surgery unless you have a very unique case.
If you're talking about flexibility, there are many factors involved. In general, if you have a shorter fusion (like 5-6 vertebrae or fewer), and in the thoracic spine (as opposed to the lumbar spine), you will lose almost no flexibility. If you have a longer fusion that extends into the lumbar spine, you'll have some loss of flexibility. I have a very long fusion, and actually expected more loss of flexibility than I actually have.
Regards,
LindaNever argue with an idiot. They always drag you down to their level, and then they beat you with experience. --Twain
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Surgery 2/10/93 A/P fusion T4-L3
Surgery 1/20/11 A/P fusion L2-sacrum w/pelvic fixationComment
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They wanted me to walk after a day but I couldn't, waited two days.
As far as flexibility is concerned, I guess it depends how one is flexible before th surgery and what is done physically after. For normal things, flexibility is still there although I don't bend from my waist anymore, it hurts the lower back anyways for anybody with or without a fusion. I also always try to stand or sit straight, or else my fusion "pulls", if I can describe it that way. I was so flexible before the op that I do miss some of the things I used to do, and that my body and back were more "free", sort of speak. But it depend on if a person is fused only in the thoracic region or the lumbar, like me.
Now if we talk about professionnal dancing or driving a low sportscar(for example), wich I loved to do, those are not possible for me anymore, but I know everybody's different and heard that even gymnasts get fusions. I wonder how far can they bend backwards and if they can do their backflips the same,
Last edited by sweetness514; 12-07-2005, 02:44 PM.35 y/old female from Montreal, Canada
Diagnosed with scoliosis(double major) at age 12, wore Boston brace 4 years at least 23 hours a day-curve progressed
Surgery age 26 for 60 degree curve in Oct. 1997 by Dr.Max Aebi-fused T5 to L2
Surgery age 28 for a hook removal in Feb. 1999 by Dr.Max Aebi-pain free for 5 years
Surgery age 34 in Dec.2005 for broken rod replacement, bigger screws and crosslinks added and pseudarthrosis(non union) by Dr. Jean OuelletComment
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Actually, no one bends at the waist. Ask a normal person to bend over, and you'll see that they bend at the hips.
--LindaNever argue with an idiot. They always drag you down to their level, and then they beat you with experience. --Twain
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Surgery 2/10/93 A/P fusion T4-L3
Surgery 1/20/11 A/P fusion L2-sacrum w/pelvic fixationComment
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Ok, I had to think about it for a minute and get the image in my head and that is correct
I prefer bending at the knees.35 y/old female from Montreal, Canada
Diagnosed with scoliosis(double major) at age 12, wore Boston brace 4 years at least 23 hours a day-curve progressed
Surgery age 26 for 60 degree curve in Oct. 1997 by Dr.Max Aebi-fused T5 to L2
Surgery age 28 for a hook removal in Feb. 1999 by Dr.Max Aebi-pain free for 5 years
Surgery age 34 in Dec.2005 for broken rod replacement, bigger screws and crosslinks added and pseudarthrosis(non union) by Dr. Jean OuelletComment
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I am having surgery next week of just my thoracic spine. I have been told that I will have no limits as to my mobility or flexibility once I am fully healed. However, immediately after surgery, I have been told to walk as best as I am able. No swimming for 90 days, lifting restrictions, bending restrictions, etc. It will get better as I heal, so I should initially have quite a few restrictions on mobility and flexibiltiy, but as I return to normal - I will essentially return to normal.Meg is Spinewhine
31 years old with thoracic curve
Wore Boston brace as teenager, but curve continued to progress.
Surgery on 12/13/2005 with correction from over 55 degrees to under 25 degrees. (Ya baby!)
The nitty gritty at:
http://spinewhine.blogspot.com/Comment
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