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Cervical stenosis: Leg weakness

Spine Health | Last Active: May 31 2:01pm | Replies (83)

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@rdflash0788

Well, things are slowly getting sorted out after the surgery. Even though I was warned about the muscle spasms in the upper back and neck afterwards, it still surprised me. Those were brutal. Just finished up PT and now it'll just take time and me doing my home PT to get back to normal (whatever that will end up looking like). Range of motion isn't great now when looking up and looking down but side to side isn't much worse than it was before. Also, my right triceps muscle is almost non-existent now and I still have pain in a good portion of my trap muscle on that side. Hoping this is just normal atrophy and will come back with exercise. Otherwise, its off to get an EMG to see if I have Parsons - Turner syndrome or some other nerve related issue.

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@rdflash0788 Thanks for your update. You had a big surgery, so it makes sense that your recovery is more involved and also from it being a posterior approach. I do hope your muscle atrophy gets better. I had some of that too, and it did improve after my spine surgery. Recovery does take a very long time.