Development of neuropathic symptoms after spinal fusion surgery

Welcome @kotya2025, Sorry to hear that you are having neuropathy pain following your spinal fusion surgery last year. While you wait for members with similar experience to respond, I thought you might like to scan through the discussions and comments from member who have posted similar symptoms. Here's a link that lists the discussions and comments when searching for "neuropathy after fusion surgery" - https://connect.mayoclinic.org/search/?search=neuropathy+after+fusion+surgery/

I am a retired/ disabled healthcare worker. This was not my area of expertise but I still read the occasional study. It’s my impression (which may be wrong) that as time goes on we are discovering that adults have much more neuroplasticity than was previously thought. I tried going to google scholar to find a good article but they all required a fee to read. I’m not sure if it’s known to be applicable in the acute post op setting, but there’s no harm in assuming so. So given this, there may be justification for high intensity physical therapy (assuming there is no surgical option) to help with the weakness. I would recommend being your own best advocate to aggressively pursue insurance to pay for as much focused PT at a dedicated spinal cord center as you can get and to safely use your weak leg as much as possible, preferably after a safety evaluation. The studies I recall aren’t exactly applicable. But in musicians the brain actually changes after 10,000 hours of practice. None of this is gospel, just a hint at something to dig into.

Also, I am a quadriplegic. Originally I had no use of my triceps muscles . I was told that after a year, what motor function I had wouldn’t improve. Well, three years later I had 4/5 strength in my triceps! Nerves can take a long time to heal.

So don’t give up!