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Post-Lumbar Fusion Recovery Question
Spine Health | Last Active: Jan 30 1:13pm | Replies (18)Comment receiving replies
Oh God, someone please help me!! 4 months post fusion l4-5. Failed TLIF fusion only. 4 week check up was great! Surgeon said I was healing above average and we were all so thrilled. Light pt was suggested. I was walking short distances and doing great! Surgeon said to start walking up to a mile. Bam! Worst anterior thigh pain ever! Stairs are the devil's spawn. Lyrica worked great for one week. It was so blissful! Then I started PT. Bam. Worst thigh pain ever. I'm stumped. I cannot suffer like this any longer it is taking a serious toll on my mental health! Did I mention how much it hurts? Walking with a cane. 64 f. L4-5 fusion July 11.
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I had a L5-S1 fusion 11 years ago. the back and leg pain is still there. In fact, it got worse than before the fusion.
I work with a pain specialist and the only thing that lets me live a semi-normal life is Norco 4 times a day. I cannot walk a mile or travel like I loved to do in the past. I was recommended to try a pain pump. I will see my doctor on Monday to talk about it.
First - I am 80 years old. In very good health - I walk 3 miles a day and work around my home doing the
yard work and all repairs necessary
Several years ago I had a L-4 / L-5 fusion - great success and no pain for years. Pain in the Legs returned. Six months ago I had an additional fusion at L-4 / L-3. Less pain in walking and sitting BUT now pain in
the front of my thigh. I am discouraged but am determined to find a solution.
I will be back in touch with you to help get a resolution for our thigh PAIN.
peter-paul
S12 l4 fused 2 and 1/2 years ago. I just got the hardware out 60 days ago. My experience is you need to get your core stronger than you ever have in your life start with the big three. The only way to progress is to get so strong that those muscles won't trigger like they are right now. Sorry there's no shortcuts you have to do it yourself.
The next thing you need to work on are your abductors and abductors. Find a physical therapist that really gets it. For me I couldn't ride a bike but I could ride an assault bike. Walking is super boring so I can do that. I found this thing called a proteus machine and I think it saved my life
I've been thinking about you and maybe that's a little too much too soon. One of the things that helped me tremendously was many 12x14 ice packs in the freezer ready to go that I would use,, by wrapping around my waist a 12-in wide Velcro stomach wrap that I got on Amazon. I did this up to four times a day directly on my skin and it worked. Anywhere from a few minutes to 20 minutes later the symptoms were highly mitigated.. I probably did this 6 months into the surgery and up to 2 years after until I got the hardware out.. I also did Epsom salt baths and that helped. What I did then and for the past 5 years even regularly today, especially at night, is using magnesium treonate.. I get mine from Life extension out of fort Lauderdale.
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Have you ruled out IT band pain? That can really hurt.