Well, what can I say except it amazes me how well this anti-inflammatory pill works for me! If you’ve looked at this site at all you know that I had a major back surgery 15 months ago. It was a two level fusion from s4->L1. And, I must have been in pretty bad shape because …
November 1, 2021 All the hip muscles First look at this diagram.. So, before I had a lumbar fusion, it was extremely easy for me to explain why I was experiencing pain. All the imaging and analysis had been completed. I could very confidently say, “I’ve got lower back pain—along with some other weirdness—because I …
This is about the difference between lumbar pain and gluteal soreness. As you know, I AM NOT a doctor. I’m a guy who got a two-level fusion 14 months ago. I spend a considerable amount of time rehabbing and thinking about my surgery: along with researching things about it as they come up. But, I …
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More about how long fusion flare-up pain lasts Something that’s been on my mind a lot lately is—what I call—the duration of spinal fusion flare-ups. By that I mean that, in my experience, I got the fusion and after about ten weeks was basically feeling pretty good. But, every once in a bit, the pain …
Sparse Internet info about certain topics So, there’s a lot of information I add to this blog simply because there are topics in my life that it seems other people haven’t published much information about. And, I want to put the info into the world. I do Google searches and read all sorts of websites, …
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 rehab program’s got to be flexible And, as I sit here with …
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I’m using the term “lumbar ouchies” to describe the minor type of persistent lumbar pain that’s so minor you know it’s not an injury of concern. Yet, there is definitely a pain (inflammation, etc.) that’s lingering for days. And, it’s not pleasant. You’d most definitely be glad if it were to go bye-bye. But, ultimately, …
This is something that I find myself thinking about a lot. It’s not a complicated thing. Difference between good soreness and bad pain which indicates injury It’s about the difference between: 1. The very real and good and necessary soreness that results from a smart-sized dose of physical exercise. For instance, I play some basketball …
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 that I really didn’t want to even wake-up anymore. Yea. …
So, I thought that I could do some light overhead pressing and it would help my rehab. I had a spinal fusion 13 months ago. And, I did think I was being a bit adventurous by overhead pressing dumbbells. But, I figured it was only 20 pounds in each hand. Let’s be honest: that’s not …
