I am 2 minutes in and I still do not know. What was I doing here again.

Thanks

Thankyou!

That’s not the full story. I was a martial artist and trained 4 hrs a day 6 days a week. In 2010 I had L3/L4/L5/S1 fused. 5 days after surgery I was walking around in my dojo watching class. 4 weeks after surgery I had the best flexibility I have had in 20 years. 3 months after surgery I was back into full training. Lumbar spine however did not feel normal, felt like a concrete slab BUT After 2 years my legs where getting considerably weaker, gluteal muscles and thigh muscles noticeably smaller. This was even with regular exercises targeting these muscles. I also started having spinal problems in thoracic and cervical spinal due to changes in overall spinal movements to adjust for fusion. Lumbar spine still did not feel normal. After 5 years I was retired (from an IT job) as totally and permanently disabled. By this time I was have serious problems walking, and major thoracic and cervical spine problems. Major deterioration in gluteal and thigh muscles. At this stage it became almost impossible to teach karate and could no longer even lift my legs to even think about a kick, could barely stand on one leg. Stopped teaching karate Lower Back still did not feel anywhere near normal. After 10 years I had almost no gluteal muscles left, legs like matchsticks. Can barely walk more than a couple hundred metres, walking causes crippling paint in thoracic and cervical spine. Legs very week. But at this stage, 10 years after surgery my lumbar spine was finally starting to feel normal. If I had the choice again would I had spinal fusion…. NEVER

@sutkos3288

2 жыл бұрын

Well u fucked up by doing everything

@derpfrog5625

2 жыл бұрын

Sorry to hear of your results, trading one problem for another, I'm undergoing something similar with the atrophy in the legs, not fun.

@bbulliard

Ай бұрын

thank you for your history. gives me great pause. I am thinking of L1 to S1 fusion.

Curious what is the best Diet after Spinal Fusion? Do you think KETO is bad after Fusion or will keep the spine from getting enough bone growth?

Can you do this on osteoporotic spines?

I had a L5 S1 fusion back in 04, I went into surgery Monday 08:00, out at 11:00. Home the next day for lunch, and back to work the following Monday with no restrictions. However, about 4 to 5 months later, the pain started to come back due to scar tissue growing into S1, and now S2. I still stay active with the Fire Police, USCG Aux, teaching firearm safety, and more. The pain is there even with 15 years of pain management, however I cut myself back more than half the prescribed during the 1st year on PM. Again, the pain is still there, but I can deal with it, and still function and be active.

i had l4 l5 fusion 1998 screws iare going vertcal all through at slight angle l4 into l5 i dont see this on any immiges scews srews seem to be protruding through base of l5 why this procedure not used any more thanks

Hello Dr. Jonathan, my L4 and L5 fused without having an operation.. may I ask if is there any sideeffect to my body in the long run?

I need to hit you guys up after I get settled in Upstate NY. Coming from the west coast.

You don't do ALIF? Only the TLIFs?

This gentleman operated on both myself and my sister, both operations were successful (although neither were for lumbar spinal fusion). Trust me when I tell you this, you want this guy as your neurosurgeon. Google his name and you will get his office number. At his skill level he's very busy and you will have to wait for an appointment, but he is worth waiting for.

@juicegeneral5082

2 жыл бұрын

How long was your recovery?

@charlesciccone6003

2 жыл бұрын

@@juicegeneral5082 Hello, I had what is called a " laminectomy", a standard operation. The post operation pain was minimal. I was back at work in about 10-14 days, actually I think a bit less. Of course, if your operation is more complicated, recovery time will be different. Best of luck.

@ronan4681

2 жыл бұрын

Short term very beneficial Long term…definitely not

@juicegeneral5082

2 жыл бұрын

@@ronan4681 wat do you mean

@ronan4681

2 жыл бұрын

I was a martial artist and trained 4 hrs a day 6 days a week. In 2010 I had L3/L4/L5/S1 fused. 5 days after surgery I was walking around in my dojo watching class. 4 weeks after surgery I had the best flexibility I have had in 20 years. 3 months after surgery I was back into full training. Lumbar spine however did not feel normal, felt like a concrete slab BUT After 2 years my legs where getting considerably weaker, gluteal muscles and thigh muscles noticeably smaller. This was even with regular exercises targeting these muscles. I also started having spinal problems in thoracic and cervical spinal due to changes in overall spinal movements to adjust for fusion. Lumbar spine still did not feel normal. After 5 years I was retired (from an IT job) as totally and permanently disabled. By this time I was have serious problems walking, and major thoracic and cervical spine problems. Major deterioration in gluteal and thigh muscles. At this stage it became almost impossible to teach karate and could no longer even lift my legs to even think about a kick, could barely stand on one leg. Stopped teaching karate Lower Back still did not feel anywhere near normal. After 10 years I had almost no gluteal muscles left, legs like matchsticks. Can barely walk more than a couple hundred metres, walking causes crippling paint in thoracic and cervical spine. Legs very week. But at this stage, 10 years after surgery my lumbar spine was finally starting to feel normal. If I had the choice again would I had spinal fusion…. NEVER

I had a bulging disc from leg workout gone wrong, CLUNK noise and was locked in and was hard to get up. I had crippling pain for a week, getting to bathroom from the bed felt like a lord of the rings adventure with each step a sharp pain in lower back like someone thrust a knife into your lower back and then twists it. But as my mom once got fusion surgery and she still has painful back 20 years later and me looking through KZread/asking around, 100% NEVER EVER letting a knife near my back unless it is life threatening. My first injury was in 2013. I had stress pain for 2 Years EVERY SINGLE DAY… i thought about suicide. But I kept strong and tried physio, tried all sorts of stuff beside surgery. After 2 years… of not being able to sit behind a computer without pain I finally started to feel better to the point I went back to the gym!! After a few months of gym I was back to my old weights even, very minimal back problems. I also discovered for me personally doing only hack squat and other leg raises, no leg press, no squats worked the best so I dont even get any real pain when sitting for 20hours!! And no pain when waking up getting out of bed. Im thankful I pushed through the pain and got help from sport massages and physios. In the end its hard to point what was the best but id say try to get moving, stretching and feel what workouts let you train without zero pain during and after workouts. No pills. I dont belive in vitamins eighter. Cold and heat bags may help?! I also wanna add that i need to be super careful still when doing excerises on new devices!! Ive had stuff like trying to quietly put weights down pull my back as hard.. so I always throw down weights and never have issues. Also stuff like new hack squat machine had different angle, also pulled back! But i work around the problems and if I have sharp pain again my recovery to 100% is just a week or max two, which can happen once every few years if I dont pay attention. Id say like im a guinea pig when I happen to injure my back again, I instantly go into “research” mode and try different things to see if any “advice” works better or not. So far every advice has been BS. Time will heal all wounds seems to work the best. TIME and just get moving, do not stay still!! It will be painful at first but for me the pain started to leave the body, slowly but surely

@PUNEET_007

Жыл бұрын

Can you suggest me exercises

@chasreed7462

Жыл бұрын

RHYMES4 U bird dogs, dead bugs, plank variations (firstly with knees on ground not full body weight), bridges etc. Do then very slit my and controlled. They have been a God send for my recovery. They tried to push surgery on me after a month of pain but I struck with a sports physio. Plus I was doing stem, teccar, ultrasound, acupuncture. Some days the pain was worse after exercises but after i got treatments later that day I was better. And now I have no pain just some calf weakness that is slowly going away. I am an athlete so I am used to pushing myself through pain when rehabbing. I started right away and could not do one calf raise. One month later u can do 20 multiple times and single leg jumps.

@JJamJ

11 ай бұрын

Time will not heal all back issues. I personally have literally no disc left on my L5 due to sport etc. Now I have bone on bone which is painful to say the least. Two options for me and many others,live with the pain or surgery. The 3rd option is pretty dark!

I was in a bad car accident on my way to work last week I had had have this done. I'm really wondering about my healing time, if my back will fully recover any feedback will be greatly appreciated 🙏 If you had this surgery done just know you got this!

@warshipsatin8764

Жыл бұрын

​@@spinalfusion1622dont be lazy

I'm researching this subject in preparation of an upcoming L3-L5 fusion for myself. My goal is to reduce the recovery time by 50%. Wish me luck 😁

@sutkos3288

Жыл бұрын

After 3 weeks doctor going to send u work even if u still have pain

@beblessedbeblessed8895

Жыл бұрын

08/21/22 Gooo luck 👍

@ladeekatt

Жыл бұрын

9/26/22 Blessings and love.

@noahdunaway

Жыл бұрын

God bless you and take care of yourself, work smart and make it as easy as possible on your spine.

@dcantwell119

Жыл бұрын

It takes time for the bones to fuse together after surgery so you can’t speed this up necessarily. I was told that this means waiting three months before starting physical therapy. The last thing you want is to have a non-union of the fusion.

What about L-2 S-1?

My TLIF was 4 weeks ago. Right after the procedure there was an increase, not a decrease, in the numbness of toes and tip of foot bilaterally. About 6 to 7 days postop, I began getting severe sciatic pain on left leg, much worse than I had ever experienced pre-op. Also, I have developed new onset weakness on my left leg, and weakness on right toe, since the surgery, which is all worse than prior to surgery. Prior to surgery, I had only very mild numbness of some toes, and only mild weakness of left toe. Now, compared to prior to surgery, I have much worse sciatic pain on left leg, significantly worse numbness of toes, and significantly worse weakness, especially on left leg. In summary, everything related to my lower extremities seems to be worse post-op compared to pre-op. Another thing I noticed, on the post-op x-ray last week at doctor's office: compared to pre-opr, the space between the disks has improved on the anterior sides of the joint (L5-S1), but on the posterior side of the vertebral joint, there is very, very little space between the two vertebrae. In other words, the space between vertebae is not even - looks like the spacer is several millimeters in height, spacing out the discs nicely anteriorly, but the rods in the back are acting to separate the discs only very minimally, if at all - only about 1mm or less of space exists between the two discs on the posterior side. I am wondering why my surgeon would not have separated those two vertebrae farther apart from one another on the posterior side during the operation before securing the screw caps to the rods. I am so discouraged by the unexpected negative results so far. Do you think this is likely a failed operation? What are my chances that the new onset weakness, numbness, and pain will go away?

@KBradAdams

Жыл бұрын

Jeff, how are you doing now?

@jeffschwartz4t.o.council-j132

Жыл бұрын

@@KBradAdams A little bit better than 3 months ago, but still worse off compared to prior to surgery. At this point, I regret having had this procedure. However, it is possible things may improve further over time. Time will tell.

@KBradAdams

Жыл бұрын

@@jeffschwartz4t.o.council-j132 Man I hate to hear that, was your surgery at L4/L5 or L5/S1? I am having a revision in April but scared I am going to be in worse shape than before like you said. Have you had an MRI since surgery? Did they not remove enough disc or think it could have been another disc. I hope you get better but really hope they figure out what is causing the pain. I can't believe in 2023 we don't have better diagnostic tools to determine where our back pain is coming from.

@jeffschwartz4t.o.council-j132

Жыл бұрын

I continue to be much worse off than I was prior to surgery. I recommend look at EVERY alternative before agreeing to surgery. Consult one chiropractor after another, try rest, physical therapy, do EVERYTHING you possibly can to get as many second opinions from NON-surgeons, such as chiropractors, as you possibly can. This surgery can make things WORSE, and once you get the surgery, you will never be able to reverse it or go back in time and pretend you never got the surgery. Look up "Failed Back Surgery Syndrome." Some people have estimated that about 40% or more back surgeries are failures, and many of the surgeries make things significantly worse for the patients, not better. There are significant risks to this procedure. Don't get this surgery unless you have THOROUGHLY exhausted all other options.

@Sabeenbudhathoki

Жыл бұрын

I have the same pain as you have described the same numbness. Everything is same. I m 1 month after surgery and my pain has increased much. When i go to the surgeon , he says everything is fine but i m feeling relieved. Now he has given me pregabalin and gabapentin with mecobalamin. I m very nervous.

Does this type surgery work on scoliosis? My spine is very crooked and the surgeon says it has to be fused with rods to straighten the spine

@beblessedbeblessed8895

Жыл бұрын

08/21/22 Yes this surgery can be used to treat scoliosis, screw's and rod's to straighten out the curving 🪝 spine. I have very mild spin curving but not surgically necessary The LIFT: L4-L5 is enough for me. Good luck

I have a spinal fusion L1-L3 and 2 weeks ago went to the orthopedic and they discovered a broken rod in my back

@ScottPrincePhotography

Жыл бұрын

sorry to hear that. Whats the fix?

@beblessedbeblessed8895

Жыл бұрын

08/21/22 Does the surgeon 😷 have to go back in and collect the broken rode?

I’m having a ALIF on the L5/S1 in a few months. I always said I would never have surgery unless the pain just got too much. I started gymnastics at 2 and competed hard for 16 years. The pounding on my back and being diagnosed with scoliosis was not great. I was on the U.S. Freestyle Ski Team so more pounding. After 15 years of pain management, probably close to 50 injections, two spinal ablations, PT, acupuncture and over 210 opioids a month I realized I can’t keep putting bandaids on it. The spondylolisthesis of the L5 over the S1 has caused severe nerve pain down my leg to where I’m almost having dead foot. I’m terrified but have complete faith in my Neurosurgeon. Scared for the recovery since I have no family in town. Time to lean on friends😔

@vixenz2

9 ай бұрын

I hope you're able to find support for your recovery. If not, check your insurance benefits to see if you qualify for a home health nurse. Best wishes to you.

@user-um3yo9ul7q

8 ай бұрын

How are you doing now?

@KandeShack

8 ай бұрын

@@user-um3yo9ul7q surgery is in December🤞🏻

I have a question for you how is this for someone that has a more physical job such as say a forklift operator and I'm out here in Indiana

@sammycrown5540

Жыл бұрын

I’m happy I’m finally cured from Shingles virus the blisters with the help of Doctor Ani John herbal medicine who I came across here on KZread I after using the herbal medicine within 13days My test result turned negative.. you saved my live doctor my God bless you always for your kind gesture for saving my life, am grateful sir🙏,,

@bodmastic

Жыл бұрын

@David Dalton, not a good idea to continue to work that kind of a job brother. I used to work in the warehouse and after I had my lower lumbar spine surgery I couldn't do things like that anymore, because it might cause further problem for your health.

I'm going on week 6 recovery after a Tlift and my lower back still hurts and cant do much bending over or lifting. I hope things improve soon. The way it was explained to me this minimal invasive outpatient thingy wasn't a big deal. I have my doubts

@ritasue6866

Жыл бұрын

I just had this done I was in hospital 3 days

@ScottPrincePhotography

Жыл бұрын

@@ritasue6866 wow. Mine was outpatient which I thought was going to be no big deal. Hope you heal quickly.

@noahdunaway

Жыл бұрын

@@ritasue6866 I had my surgery on Thursday and went home Saturday.

@adityalotankar4306

10 ай бұрын

​@@ScottPrincePhotographyHow are you doing now

@ginajonson8796

9 ай бұрын

How is everyone going now with your recoveries ?

Put up with 2 years of pain then couldn't walk had a spinal fusion of l4 l5 10 days ago I can't lift a pint of milk using a walker I'm 60 all I asked surgeon was that I could walk without pain

@catherinejackson6571

2 жыл бұрын

@Mac Cleba what do you mean not good?

@michaelknight2721

Жыл бұрын

I need this but have primary hyperparathyroidism,which is causing me bone loss and osteoporosis.

@catherinejackson6571

Жыл бұрын

@@michaelknight2721 I have thyroid problems it wouldn't stop a spinal fusion I got one

@michaelknight2721

Жыл бұрын

@@catherinejackson6571 how is your fusion,was it a success for you and did you have osteoporosis?

A very high percentage of people are never the same after,as well they deff. Aren’t returning to a manual labor job, im supposed to have 2 disc replaced illiac bone graph, s1 fusion.I’ve recently talked to someone who regretted it.

@jmj4life7

2 жыл бұрын

What did they regretted about

@ericmedina4002

2 жыл бұрын

@@jmj4life7 well a friends husband said in short he’d never do, again the pain is worse than be4 the procedure and the fact that he lost mobility do to the fusion on the s1. As for one of my family members she had to have hers done a 2nd time around & she’s constantly in pain as her back has pain flair ups whenever it wants.In the end they can’t guarantee the procedure is gonna take away the pain.

@devinramdihal8149

Жыл бұрын

@@jmj4life7 These Dr. have no idea what they are talking about. Their corrupted. These doctor are butchering a patient when you fuse a vertebrae . Think about this if I fuse your knee and your knee longer have its mobility ; how can you possibly return back to a regular life and do sport? Every single doctor I have watch in life praises fusion: these are the same doctors still part of a corrupted system that’s controlled by big Pharma and the FDA . These doctor who does fusion; ther not doctors their butchers. A solution to fusion is to preserve the motion of the spine , To regain the mobility the spine bu using artificial dics and artificial facet joint . How do I know All these stuff ? because I’m currently living with a fusion L5 and s1 fusion .

@devinramdihal8149

Жыл бұрын

once your fuse you’re fucked. Doctors across the globe of America Canada Germany will refuse a patient refused back to recover the level . I’ve been going through this now 14 years. Nobody wants to help me in the world but God is in control

@ericmedina4002

Жыл бұрын

I’m still deciding cause I’m scarred out of my mind got second opinion also because my 1st lawyer team missed mri. My full back and neck.they wanna take out 3 disc in my neck and fuse c-5-c4. Not including taking out 2 disc in lower back and fusing s-1.

Had fusion on L3 L1 almost 2 years ago! Still can’t walk normal! Used to be mobile now look like old lady walking! 😡

@beblessedbeblessed8895

Жыл бұрын

08/21/22 I had my surgery 07/18/22 Black woman age 55 I hope that things improve for you Wow 😳oh😳no Prior to surgery, I was experiencing right side sciatica nerve pain, for year's however more recently I started having my right leg 🦵 had been buckling and giving out on me from time to time which prompted me to take another surgery. My right leg now is constantly numb but I use the walker for support because my knee still buckles I'm sure that it will disipate. This is my third back surgery and my last

going to have fusion L2-S1,five levels!! any thoughts how big will be my disability ? I am 58 years old tho and diabetic..

@johnscott7386

10 ай бұрын

You can avoid it if you have money to blow on stem cells and prolotherapy you can be good as new actually

Can you make a video and explain the negative affects of spinal fusion please?

@ronan4681

2 жыл бұрын

That’s not the full story. I was a martial artist and trained 4 hrs a day 6 days a week. In 2010 I had L3/L4/L5/S1 fused. 5 days after surgery I was walking around in my dojo watching class. 4 weeks after surgery I had the best flexibility I have had in 20 years. 3 months after surgery I was back into full training. Lumbar spine however did not feel normal, felt like a concrete slab BUT After 2 years my legs where getting considerably weaker, gluteal muscles and thigh muscles noticeably smaller. This was even with regular exercises targeting these muscles. I also started having spinal problems in thoracic and cervical spinal due to changes in overall services spine. Lumbar spine still did not feel normal. After 5 years I was retired (from an IT job) as totally and permanently disabled. By this time I was have serious problems walking, and major thoracic and cervical spine problems. Major deterioration in gluteal and thigh muscles. At this stage it became almost impossible to teach karate and could no longer even lift my legs to even think about a kick, could barely stand on one leg. Stopped teaching karate Lower Back still did not feel anywhere near normal. After 10 years I had almost no gluteal muscles left, legs like matchsticks. Can barely walk more than a couple hundred metres, walking causes crippling paint in thoracic and cervical spine. Legs very week. But at this stage, 10 years after surgery my lumbar spine was finally starting to feel normal. If I had the choice again would I had spinal fusion…. NEVER

@stitch2499

2 жыл бұрын

hello Sir. so sorry to hear that. it happen to me also.. my back surgery was a big mistake.. loss the use of my left leg. bowel bladder issues. pain is worse. cant walk far at all. use a wheel chair alot.. my poor wife.. God bless you sir. in my prayers. hope you are feeling better.. Amen....

@selinahmbogho9307

2 жыл бұрын

😭 sorry may be physio to advise u on how to, been walking daily not less than 30 minutes,am walking now strong not as intially as an old lady.one year now

@SuperGoober64

5 ай бұрын

I'm very sorry that happened to you, but you do realize that the bones take up to 6 months to fuse. You didn't exactly set yourself up for success. There are biological processes that just take a certain amount of time.

I'm contemplating xlift at L3 L4. Never heard anything less than 3 to 6 months. We'll see.

How long before you can play football again???

@stephenbrodsky6986

8 ай бұрын

You gotta be kidding me. I played college football. If you have a lumbar fusion operation and, thereafter, played high level tackle football, you would permanently cripple yourself. Don't be a dope.

I regret having undergone this surgery more than 6 months ago. I am much worse off than I was prior to surgery. I recommend look at EVERY alternative before agreeing to surgery. Consult one chiropractor after another, try rest, physical therapy, do EVERYTHING you possibly can to get as many second opinions from NON-surgeons, such as chiropractors, as you possibly can. This surgery can make things WORSE, and once you get the surgery, you will never be able to reverse it or go back in time and pretend you never got the surgery. Look up "Failed Back Surgery Syndrome." Some people have estimated that about 40% or more back surgeries are failures, and many of the surgeries make things significantly worse for the patients, not better. There are significant risks to this procedure. Don't get this surgery unless you have THOROUGHLY exhausted all other options.

@kimsunku07

6 ай бұрын

Have your SI joint evaluated.

@cynthiadudal9301

20 күн бұрын

I had a botched surgery and he lied to me. You can get a revision. I would never do the old way again. I did robotic this time. I found a top world REKOWN surgeon. I am 2.5 months out..I still have surgery pain. I am very very careful. The robotic has a high success rate. 90 percent. Your referring to the old style one they never changed It. You shouldn't give that advice to ppl. I recommend robotic. I couldn't walk and I had no balance and I started falling. Great balance is back my Charlie horses are gone shooting pains are gone. And were in about 10 days. I am 2.5 months post.op. I am still in pain. They say 6 months is the amount of time that pain goes away. Also mine was outpatient went home same day and was walking around my house next day. So this type of surgery is very promising. Avoid the 30 yrs old surgery. Go to a younger surgeon who is up on new technology. Also in the surgery room they had a team of experts watching my nerves to avoid damaging a nerve. I am excited after many years of severe pain and it causes severe depression too. I was stuck and laid up alot .. finally my coworker said get a second opinion i did and screws were in my nerves . Listen pay attention. The surgeons will lie to you and claim you are healed. I have seen it over and over again cZ I live in doctors offices emergency room on and on. Go get a second opinion from a different surgeon. These surgeons will never tell on another surgeon. They had to send my X-rays out to Ohio to have a surgeon read my botched surgery. Surgeons will never tell you the truth if he messed you up. They use special medical terms. They told me your healed. I asked y am I in so much pain then he said I don't know but your healed. First thing he should have done was send me for a MRI. He didn't and he kept taking X-rays at his office. .X-rays on a regular X-ray machine will NOT show a thing. Get to another surgeon.

@jeffschwartz4t.o.council-j132

20 күн бұрын

@@cynthiadudal9301 The fact that all of these surgeons are liars tells you all you need to know about this specialty. I will never trust another back surgeon again.

Very optimistic, not particularly informative, more if an advertisement video

This seems to be all about self promotion, much less about information.

He’s gonna need shoulder surgery for patting himself on the back so much 😐

You never addressed the topic of recovery -- other than a guy who did a concert 9 days after surgery. Total click bait -- NO THANK YOU!

You'll never recover. lifelong pain.