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Anyone else pleased with their spinal fusion outcome?
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Wow! Good for you!
I'm 70 and very fit. But my lumbar spine is a mess. My surgeon encourages all the work I do in the gym for my core muscles, and he believes that is all standing between me and lumbar fusion (probably S1 through L4).
I imagine I'll have to get it done someday. Your experience is very encouraging, so thanks for sharing!
FWIW I am also now at my normal weight. I'm 5'10" tall and weigh about 155-160 (I weighed 180-190 before the TKRs). I'm in the gym everyday, I spin 5x/week and work on core conditioning.
I think a huge enemy of good health is obesity or just being 10 or more lbs higher than normal weight. Excess weight causes so many problems, I can't list them all. For the sake of my back and other joints, I worked to drop from 190 to 160 in about one year. It takes persistence but it's doable for most, I believe.
Joe
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Finding the balance of increasing fitness and not aggravating a degenerative spine issue is so difficult! I find I cannot use any universal weight machines for my legs because all flare my lower lumbar discs. I can only exercise my legs from standing or lying down with constant attention to a neutral spine. So much learning to do. I am not overweight and have always been relatively fit. My discs are severely degenerated though at age 53. Hearing the experience of others is greatly appreciated.