How many of these activities are no longer possible or more difficult after a full fusion of thorax and lumbar?
And are you fused to the sacrum, and/or do you have pelvic fixation?
And are you fused to the sacrum, and/or do you have pelvic fixation?
- Gardening (kneel, dig, pull weeds)
- Mow lawn (pushing a powered lawn mower) and prune bushes
- Vacuum rugs
- Scrubbing bathtub
- Get down on hands and knees and scrub floor
- Throw a ball hard
- Hike a steep uneven trail
- Tie shoes
- Clip toenails, give self pedicure
- Pull on socks
- Pull on pantyhose
- Shovel snow
- Rake leaves
- Open lowest drawers and cabinets
- Reach highest shelves
- Sit or lie on the floor
- Take a sit-down bath (not a shower)
- Wiping one's butt
- Getting cut/colored in hair salon? (Leaning backward in chair )
- Dust mop hardwood floors? ( getting down on all 4s to get under bed/couch)?
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