October 20, 2021 Where’s the pain around waist coming from… the origin? Lately I’ve been having…I’m going to call it a revelation…that my pain around the waist might be primarily attributed to soreness in the gluteus muscles…in plain language, when people talk about pain in the gluteus: they’re referring to your butt. According to Wikipedia: …
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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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, …
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, …
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 …
Many times I’ll write in a way to emphasize that I’m talking about my personal experience. In other words, I’m usually inclined to write a title like this: I Find Pain Scary After My Spinal Fusion. You’ll notice, though, in the present case, I said this: Post Spinal Fusion Pain Is Scary Not to put …
August 9, 2021 So, it was 349 days ago that my post fusion rehab began…and, it’ll be going on for the rest of my life! My rehab began on my fourth day in the hospital. Basically, I managed to get myself out of bed, and I limped up-and-down the public corridor outside my room a …
