by Fusion Rehab | May 16, 2022 | Pain
May 16, 2022 – First thoughts about potential elbow tendonitis My new pains include chopping my finger tip with the lawnmower and elbow tendonitis (tennis elbow). Tennis elbow (lateral epicondylitis) is a painful condition that occurs when tendons in your elbow...
by Fusion Rehab | Oct 18, 2021 | Pain
So, I’ve been overdoing it a bit. Of course, I didn’t realize I was overdoing it. I didn’t realize it until the three-muscle gluteus pain started kicking in. AND NOT GOING AWAY! This is always scary in my post-fusion situation because it makes me...
by Fusion Rehab | Oct 13, 2021 | Back Pain, Exercise, Pain, Spinal Fusion
October 13, 2021 Now, that I’m 14 months into this thing…there’s a few things I realize now that I definitely didn’t know at the outset. It would have been impossible to know beforehand. I could only learn by going through the process. The...
by Fusion Rehab | Oct 8, 2021 | Back, Back Pain, Spinal Fusion
I must remind myself to be thankful for what I’ve got I really really really need to remind myself that I’m living—for the most part—with little back pain these days. And, it wasn’t so long ago that I used to wake-up in such severe pain...
by Pain Bad | Aug 17, 2021 | Exercise
I’ve discussed spinal fusion rehab. And, I’ve touched a bit upon when the rehab can drift into the overdoing it category. There truly is a fine line! Here’s the message: DON’T OVERDO IT! You want to, of course, challenge yourself a bit....
