Laminectomy surgery postop

Posted by scott59 @scott59, May 16 4:54pm

I had a spinal fusion lower back 2 1/2 years ago and I started having sciatic pain down my right leg they did an MRI and it showed the stenosis was cutting off some nerves I was losing the functioning in my right leg so they went in and done a laminectomy February 27 of 25 and now I am having severe spasms in my rib cage has anyone experienced anything like that and could it be nerve pain

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Jennifer, Volunteer Mentor | @jenniferhunter | May 16 8:38pm

@scott59 Have you considered that your rib pain and spasms may not be related to your prior surgery? I would think that the nerves involved with your sciatica would be far below anything that services the chest wall. Have you talked to your doctor about this? Could it be an infection?

chrisuk | @chrisuk | May 17 1:17am

Hi there im new to this site and in the uk.i have many problems with my spine and have had surgery in 2017 which didnt improve much.may i suggest placing you hands on a strong bar and hanging and moving your hips and taking some deep breaths.this method helps to decompres my spine and re align my sticking facet joints in lower and thoric area.its worth a try if you can manage this manoover and if you get some releif you be on the way to a solution.i use 600mg of pregablin a day which helps block my pains.