Neck and head problems after successful fusion of c1 and c2

Covid is over. Start with Occupational Therapy and Physical Therapy but call around, really interview the PT providers, for their previous experiences if any with similar type of fusions, go and attend for a minimum of 6 months, do your stretches and exercises, and then, reevaluate where you are with those symptoms and quality of life. C1-C2 fusion is a serious and special fusion. Take extra care to find therapists with previous experience, for the skills needed, insight required, listening capability, intuition, and ka-hootz to back it all up. That plus your honest best efforts will make a big difference for the better.

thank you very much for responding. I appreciate hearing from others who understand

I am starting to check with pt.

Now that it’s over a year later, how are you doing? A common complication of spinal fusions & epidural steroid injections is arachnoiditis. It is inflammation of the arachnoid layer of the meninges, so chronic inflammatory meningitis. Once thought rare, it’s actually just rarely diagnosed! Your symptoms are very similar to mine, having cervical arachnoiditis that affects the flow of CSF. Further surgery, epidurals and doing nothing is certainly not the answer! Medical treatment through the research and validation of therapy success by Dr. Forest Tennant. His website is arachnoiditishope.com and he has a Bulletin on Cervical Arachnoiditis that is very informative! I have lumbosacral adhesive arachnoiditis from failed lumbar fusion and now Tarlov Cysts on my sacral spine. I don’t know why so many neurosurgeons don’t consider this diagnosis, when treatment is simply dosing with Depo Medrol pills & Toradol NSAID for the neuroinflammation, the first component of his 3 component treatment protocol. Everyone with spinal issues from stenosis to DDD should visit his website! I hope you are better now and find this information helpful for future care.