RE: Hi New here-walking

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Does anyone know if it would be helpful or practical do do walking for excersize

during recovery from single leval lumbar fusion? I'm hoping that during my

recovery I'll be able to get out of the house for a tiny bit and get some fresh

air.

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hand full of unidentified toes. " -Pogo

spinal problems

From: ellijaygal@...

Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2010 14:15:34 +0000

Subject: Re: Hi New here

I TOTALLY AND COMPLETELY agree with Janice. Walk, walk and more walking. I think

that goes for anyone with any type of back problems. The longer you are still

the worse it gets. I know it is painful to keep moving and active sometimes, but

if you can push through the first part of the pain it will help you in the long

run and actually help reduce the pain in most cases. Also, watch your posture.

Be careful to actually pay attention to your posture. The last time I checked

back when I had my neck surgery there were various videos on YouTube that show

you how to practice your posture when you are sitting. I haven't been doing this

as well as I should and my last surgery is showing I am developing kyphosis

(fancy term for hump back). I am only 45 so I need to go search for those

video's again myself and hire someone to kick my butt when I slouch over! (Like

I have money to do that!! ROFL)

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> please be careful a lot of sitting is not good for you either. It

> promotes scar tissue to form the more active you can be ( up to a point) The

> better off you are. I have had 5 back surgeries and each time except the

> fourth and fifth I couldn't do much walking because I was left in so much

> pain. Just do what you feel is comfortable to you but no matter what make

> time for a little walk each day if you can.

> Janice

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> > Just had surgery on Oct 5. C6-7 fused and spur on C5. Still wearing Miami

> > J brace(awfully uncomfortable)24/7 and alternate Philadelphia.

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> > I guess some of you have had this type of surgery and I wanted to get

> > feedback about success/failure, pain after surgery, how to beat boredom!

> > LOL, and how not to gain weight for 6weeks of inactivity. Walking up the

> > steps and out the parking lot doesn't cut it.

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> > Also, I just started sleeping on my back. More comfy b/c I'd wake up with

> > jaw pain with the Miami J diggging into it.

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> > My follow up went well, got to see the xrays. My doc did a great job

> > (Ratliff at Jefferson, Philadelphia). It looks perfectly normal. Going

> > back for more xrays Nov 15. Doc's P.A. said it would get worse before it

> > gets better. Left seems fine but gettin pain on my right in my arm(C5 was

> > the bone spur)

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> > Did anyone of you get word when you can go back to work. I work part-time

> > at a cafe and there's lotsa reaching, bending, etc. I'm also a petsitter

> > and losing lots of money. I just want to be back to normal again. I've had

> > brain tumors/cancer and those surgeries were nothing compared to this!

> > Less nerves in the brain, I'm sure.

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> > Any help and encouragement would be appreciated

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> > Dana:-)

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