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Seeking Some Answers About C5-C6 Spurring

Spine Health | Last Active: Mar 19 11:40pm | Replies (6)

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@black03dakota

Hello again. I just thought about another question I have while I'm here again. With all the issues, here's another question I have and someone whom might have been down this road or on it now. Anyways, my question is I'm wondering long term if I had to work a warehouse or grocery store stocking type job I'm just wondering if that is feasible?

The reason why I ask this is because when I did that line of work, I usually had to pull pallets of water that weighed roughly around a 1000 lbs with a pallet jack. In addition, I had to stock canned goods on shelves where I had to stretch my arms and such above my head quite often. This also, doesn't including the other stocking duties but, typically the job description states might be required to lift over 50 lbs. Anyways, I'm just trying to prepare myself in a worse case scenario. Thank you in advance.

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@black03dakota First, let me thank you for your service. My uncles were in the military. As far as life after spine surgery, that is a question that must be answered by the surgeon. Spine surgery increases the risk of adjacent segment disease because if you immobilize part of the spine, there is more stress in the segments that can move. When you already have some wear and tear, adding extra weight might increase the wear. I do everything I can to reduce extra wear such as working on tight muscles to ease the forces on my neck. Some patients have a series of spine surgeries and I don’t want that. I am 8.5 years after my cervical fusion and still doing well with no other spine issues. Myofascial release does help toward my goal. Would you be able to drive a forklift instead of physical labor pulling a lot of weight?