Has anyone had scoliosis surgery?

Happy to help! I hope your shoulder pain gets better quickly. I really recommend doing shoulder shrugs: first you shrug your shoulders back (you might barely be able to move them in that direction right now but that’s ok), then relax them, then shrug them up, then relax, and repeat a few times. I stopped and did this often every time I went for a walk and it made a difference. Were your shoulders hunched before surgery? Another thing I really liked besides gaining height was that my shoulders got less hunched. Hope you feel better soon!

My shoulders were hunched over and I leaned to the right side and hump in my back it’s all straightened now . I’m having to practice on chin tucks to learn to hold my head up with my body and I am doing the shoulder exercises and walking a lot , it seems strange to be taller again , I use to want to be shorter but not anymore 😂 . Did you have a full scoliosis surgery ?

Praise God! That must feel so good to have the hump gone and your shoulders straight and not be leaning sideways anymore! Wow, I can't even imagine. I'll bet it feels a lot different now when you sit back in your chair! Do you have more lung capacity now, too?
I'm glad to hear you're moving a lot and practicing keeping your neck straight. Does it get stiff sometimes? Mine did for a little while, which I wasn't expecting since it didn't get fused (my fusion went from T3-L1), but then again it did get un-scrunched quite a bit during the surgery and it was probably adjusting to that.

With hump gone my clothes fit and look a lot better . Yes I do have a little more lung space but my back feels so stiff and hurts more sense muscles and nerves feeling are waking up. How long did it take for pain to get better? Trying to not take as much medication as I was I think it was making me feel sick to my stomach

To everyone that has responded to me about their experiences of scoliosis surgery ( my update two months after my surgery 11\13 )I have had the surgery and still going through recovery , I had scoliosis surgery from bottom of neck down to my trail bones and pelvis ,I'm on a lot of meds. and begin to feel all my nerves and mussels waking up after being numb so now I'm in a lot of pain and taking more meds. Hopefully this will get better ,I was hoping to to the point pain free but I guess it's to early right now ,I go back to see my surgeon next week to see how I'm doing. I did gain some high back I went from 5'4" to 5'61\2" and my hump is gone now all straight and looking so much better in my clothes . I will keep everyone up to date on how I'm progressing . hugs to all and thank you so much. Janie

I've had the scoliosis surgery 9\28 now on the road to recovery it has been rough but worth it to me.I was so humped over from broken vertebra in thoracic spine and L345 and s1 surgery .and so then had the scoliosis surgery because of so much pain and balance beening off . I have had a full scoliosis surgery from bottom of neck to tailbone it took 14 hours to do and 4 pints of blood and 5 days in hospital two of them in ICU then went to Tirr Rehabilitation for 10 days and now Home Health Care 3days a week for 3 months ,Medicare has paid for it all .It is had to get use to my body being different and had to learn new ways to doing things but I have a wonderful husband that helps me so much. I go back to doctor next week I'll post you to let you know what he says I hope I have helped you in some way to know what to do , I prayed a lot about it and I know God got me through it all and still is getting me through it all I know Jesus is the #1 Physician and was in surgery with me and sill helping now . Many blessings to you. Let me know what you decide.