Diet, Nutrition, Weight Loss
Posted on: Wed, 08/06/2008 - 15:58
exercise after discectomy

Any suggestions for a good excercise after surgery? I had the surgery done 4 months ago. I changed my eating habits, that is going VERY well, but I need some exercise I can do at home. Thank you!


Posted on: Wed, 08/06/2008 - 21:10 #1
Excersize Ball

There is an excersize ball that I have heard of that everyone no matter what condition they are in is supposed to be able to use. I think that you sit on it and use bands to stretch. They use them in physical therapy. If you send lulusheart a pm I am sure that she will be glad to tell you the name and where you can get them. You may not know how to PM as I see that this is your first post. I will ask lulusheart to post the answer here for you. BTW - welcome to SH. I look forward to seeing you around.

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I am in no way associated with the medical field. Anything that I post comes from personal experience only.
DDD, Facet Arthropathy, DJD, Sleep Apnea
PT, Epidurals, Facet Blocks,Medial Branch Block, Rhizotomy,Discogram,Annular Tare L3/L4 Endoscopic Microdiscectomy,Laser Surgery
Methadone, Percocet, Soma, Welbutrin

Posted on: Thu, 08/07/2008 - 04:56 #2
The Exercise Ball

hi! i see you are new to the forum as well. i want to welcome you to the forum. we are here to offer you support and answer what questions we can. by the way please tell us more about yourself. you might want to go to the "Newcomers" section to do this. there is a piece of equipment a lot of us use called the "Exercise ball" or "Swiss ball". you can find alittle about it under "All pain topics A-Z" on the side of the forum and go to E for the Exercise ball. i would not try the exercise they show though without a doctor or pt input.! lol! the main thing is to get the right size. i found mine easily at "Target" but a "Walmart" probably has one as well. the exercise you can do regardless of your pain level is to sit on the ball, feet flat and hold your balance. this works your core which is so important to a healthy back. alot of us sit on it and use the computor. if i was better on the computor i could give you a site on the web but alas i am not!!!! At Wits End good luck and please keep us informed of your progress. Jenny Thinking

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Double laminectomy L4-L5, bulging discs, DDD, Bone spurs, nerve damage in left leg and hip, DJD, and that to familiar visitor,arthritis

Posted on: Thu, 08/07/2008 - 09:36 #3
Here ya go

http://www.exerciseballworkouts.net/

Best Wishes,
Christina Smile

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39 year old happily married mother of two children ages 19 and 17.
Muscle spasms started after getting up from sitting position in '07, cervical herniation, stenosis and bone spurs showed up on MRI resulting in emergency cervical fusion of C5-C6(sept. 07).
Pain continued in middle/lower back. MRIs showed herniated disc in lumbar area, stenosis, and fatty tissue in the spinal canal causing spinal cord to be pushed to the left.
Tried heat/cold therapy, PT, facet joint injection,as well as facet joint injection, epidurals/injections, steriods, Tens Unit, Ultrasound therapy, Nerve blocks and Various pain meds.
After exhausting all other treatments and having a discography had a spinal fusion L5-S1 with instrumentation (cage, 2 rods, screws, plastic spacer, bone grafts (made from my own bone ) on June 24th, 2008.