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I fractured my L3 in January 2024. My spine MD didn't believe in bracing but I didn't bend or twist for a few months so that the bone could heal. I only bend with my knees now and really limit twisting my body for any reason. This resulted in being exceptionally stiff and inflexible from lack of using those lower lumbar/hip muscles. I'm starting physical therapy to help with this though.
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I hope the physical therapy will help you. My husband received very good advice from a PT about exercising a painful big toe with a bone spur. The osteoporotic specialist he saw mentioned surgery as an option, but said nothing about exercising the joint. After doing the exercises the PT suggested, he has experienced much less pain than before.
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Hello, I feel a kinship.
I fractured my L3 in December of 24 and finished with PT in May. I continue on with almost all the exercises given me except for considering Margaret Martin's guidance that at least one I was given was not safe for me.
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I believe that I am still correcting all the compensating that the musculature around the fracture has been through. I also did not have a brace; for me it was limited movement and pain management with over the counter aids. I sympathize with you, I found it an incredibly painful thing to go through. I wish you the best in your continued recovery. My back reminds me all day long, every day that it was fractured. I am still hopeful that I can improve and things could be far better once again.
I wish the same for you.