[Rehabilitation / Postoperative Spine Surgery Questions] ALIF Rehab

[Hooch]

Gday,

I've been basically told to take it easy for 3 months, short regular walks, no BLT, some hydrotherapy, don't provoke pain and listen to the body, to give it time to fuse well.

Can anyone share their experience of recovering\rehabbing from interbody fusion?

Chris.

[ajj1001]

hi, have done plif rehab, i put a weight limit on what i could lift, moved position every 30 mins, only did any activity for a small period of time to see if it agreed with me (i usually knew the next day if I had done anything to "upset it". it was extremely tedious being limited what i could do. focusing on the end goal really helped, as it was i only got some bone growth on one side so it was good practice for my next attempt.