I've have a spinal fusion for severe scoliosis, and in a minute my support is completely inflexible. Can I ever be run of the mill?
I had a spinal fusion for severe scoliosis when I was 13, and now I am almost 18. Aside from somewhat back pain sometimes, I live completely normally. It doesn't bother me at adjectives. But my back is hardly flexible beyond the normal restrictions. My spine is flexible enough for practical, everyday purposes. But I really enjoy dance and physical flurry. I haven't experimented with stretching as much, but can I stretch enough to make my subsidise more malleable? I like dancing, and I am a good dancer aside from not moving my torso much. (Some associates call it my signature style.) Or are there other things I can do to help this? I want to be capable of arch my back and stretch to touch my toes and the things that normal, flexible people can do. Can I ever be as flexible as a dancer?
Answers: I be fused shortly before I turned 14 (1985). Once you are fused you shouldn't have mobility in that location (if you do there's a problem near your fusion).
Talk with your physician to see what's right for you, but mine have told me to do whatever I want and listen to my body when it say I am pushing it's limits. I did recreational belly dance for several years and still do yoga. With both, the fusion prevents some positions/moves, but both are doable in a modified fasion. They also minister to maintain or improve what flexibility you do have.
I've also be an OR nurse for 16 years, one of the most physically demanding areas of nursing (lots of lifting and lots of standing in one place for long periods). I've had 2 children without difficulty (didn't even use an epidural). I love to travel (I don't set rotten metal detectors), and SCUBA dive. I can pretty much do anything I want...but don't tell my husband I use the scoliosis to get out of vacuuming :)
Surgery stiffens the section of vertebrae that be fused, and that cannot be undone. I'd be cautious about desperate twisting, since you could conceivably damage the fusion or create problems with the instrumentation that's probably still in at hand. Ask your orthopedist about the limits.
There are some things you can do to promote general posture and flexibility, and to relief ensure that your scoliosis does not get worse. It does get worse for many post-fusion patients, in particular later in life.
See Christa Lehnert-Schroth's website (below) for an excellent article she wrote on physiotherapy for post-fusion scoliosis patients. She be director of the Schroth clinic in Germany for decades, and wrote a manual about her treatment program.
At Mrs. Lehnert's site click the American flag, later click on "What can patients do" in the left column, and then scroll down to download the PDF "Physiotherapy for scoliosis patients following spinal fusion surgery."
Nope. Your vertebrae was fused to keep your curve from increasing. Fusion, by definition, means that its durable. I'd love to be flexible also (I miss volleyball), but I'm fused for the rest of my life.
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Answers: I be fused shortly before I turned 14 (1985). Once you are fused you shouldn't have mobility in that location (if you do there's a problem near your fusion).
Talk with your physician to see what's right for you, but mine have told me to do whatever I want and listen to my body when it say I am pushing it's limits. I did recreational belly dance for several years and still do yoga. With both, the fusion prevents some positions/moves, but both are doable in a modified fasion. They also minister to maintain or improve what flexibility you do have.
I've also be an OR nurse for 16 years, one of the most physically demanding areas of nursing (lots of lifting and lots of standing in one place for long periods). I've had 2 children without difficulty (didn't even use an epidural). I love to travel (I don't set rotten metal detectors), and SCUBA dive. I can pretty much do anything I want...but don't tell my husband I use the scoliosis to get out of vacuuming :)
Surgery stiffens the section of vertebrae that be fused, and that cannot be undone. I'd be cautious about desperate twisting, since you could conceivably damage the fusion or create problems with the instrumentation that's probably still in at hand. Ask your orthopedist about the limits.
There are some things you can do to promote general posture and flexibility, and to relief ensure that your scoliosis does not get worse. It does get worse for many post-fusion patients, in particular later in life.
See Christa Lehnert-Schroth's website (below) for an excellent article she wrote on physiotherapy for post-fusion scoliosis patients. She be director of the Schroth clinic in Germany for decades, and wrote a manual about her treatment program.
At Mrs. Lehnert's site click the American flag, later click on "What can patients do" in the left column, and then scroll down to download the PDF "Physiotherapy for scoliosis patients following spinal fusion surgery."
Nope. Your vertebrae was fused to keep your curve from increasing. Fusion, by definition, means that its durable. I'd love to be flexible also (I miss volleyball), but I'm fused for the rest of my life.
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