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Does anyone have Spinal Stenosis that is extremely bad at wake up?

Bones, Joints & Muscles | Last Active: 4 days ago | Replies (37)
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@heyjoe415

Sorry about the name mixup Willow.

I’m 70 with a disaster area in my lumbar spine. I don’t have sciatica now, but my walking is affected. Back is very stiff after getting up.

I spin 5 times a week. Guessing I’d need S1 L5 and L4 fused. I hope I can resume that if I have fusion.

I recently tried orthotics from goodfeet.com - my gait is straight and walking is easy. Just turned 70.

Suggestions? Will fusion still allow me to spin?

Thanks Willow and all!

Joe

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willow5 | @willow5 | Nov 8 10:09am

Hi Joe,
Even though my surgery is delayed, I did ask the doc, after the surgery can i bike, will I have any limitations, and he said no limitations. L5-S1, and possibly fuse I think it was 3/4.

Awesome you can walk! I have pain after 1/2 mile walking. I just turned 72. Since my surgery got put off by six months, I’m going to check out some other options, acupuncture, mind/body type stuff, meditation for pain control. It won’t fix anything for sure, but to learn to handle the pain maybe i can put off the surgery longer - maybe. So confusing!! Oh, if the pain is low back, medicare does pay for acupuncture.

Best of luck. This forum is so helpful and I love that mostly no one plays doctor.

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