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I used to do those leg things along with crunches to the side. I don't know if that has a name, but I always called it the bicycle, I think. I wasn't sure if it would have the same effect without the crunches.
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Katie
My blog: http://scoliosis-braceyourself.blogspot.com/
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5 Boston back braces
Spinal fusion- Nov. 17, 2009, senior year of high school
52 and 57 degrees pre-surgery, 22 and 20 degrees post-surgery
Dr. Kim Hammerberg, Shriners Children's Hospital, Chicago
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Katie,
I just took a few minutes and looked at your web site. It has so much information and would be helpful for anyone planning to have surgery. Nice job!Karen
Surgery-Jan. 5, 2011-Dr. Lenke
Fusion T-4-sacrum-2 cages/5 osteotomies
70 degree thoracolumbar corrected to 25
Rib Hump-GONE!
Age-60 at the time of surgery
Now 66
Avid Golfer & Tap Dancer
Retired Kdgn. Teacher
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Video of my 1st Day of Golf Post-Op-3/02/12-Bradenton, FL
Before and After Picture of back 1/7/11
tap dancing picture at 10 mos. post op 11/11/11-I'm the one on the right.
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I'M not fused yet, but I know the exercise described by Linda (message no 11). It's one of my favourite because doing it very slowly, you really feel the different abs muscles and at the same time, you carefully pay attention to the back, feeling that it relaxes and all efforts is taken in charge by the abs, it's an exercise which develops fine awareness and control of different zones of the body that should/should not work.Bamboo
Diagnosed age 17 in 1975
no treatment
Never knew I would need any follow-up
Now 53 years old
Curves in late 2010 Lumbar 70, Thoracic 65
Has been fused T2 to L4 on september 22th 2011
Dr. Stefan Parent, Hôpital Sacré-Coeur, MontréalComment
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ab exercises after long fusion to the sacrum/pelvis
I dug up this old because I need some ab exercises...but I notice that the majority of these (such as the dead bug) involve using ab muscles to stabilize the pelvis. However, for those of us fused down to the sacrum, the pelvis is permanently fixed into position, so it seems like this exercise won't help as much (or if at all) since no muscles are needed to stabilize the pelvis.
I still need to check out Susie's list, but I would love to hear of any other core exercises that work for us with fusions into the sacrum.Gayle, age 50
Oct 2010 fusion T8-sacrum w/ pelvic fixation
Feb 2012 lumbar revision for broken rods @ L2-3-4
Sept 2015 major lumbar A/P revision for broken rods @ L5-S1
mom of Leah, 15 y/o, Diagnosed '08 with 26* T JIS (age 6)
2010 VBS Dr Luhmann Shriners St Louis
2017 curves stable/skeletely mature
also mom of Torrey, 12 y/o son, 16* T, stableComment
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