WWW.TMISportsmed.com Home to the Texas Rangers MD Ph 817-419-0303 3533 Matlock Road, Arlington, Texas, 76015 MD FAX 817-468-5963 filexlib. Some people will undergo a staged surgery. This will entail a posterior fusion as well as an anterior fusion. The anterior surgery is done through an incision in the abdomen. In most cases the posterior fusion is done first and then a date for a second stage anterior surgery will be established after completion of the first stage.
Lumbar Fusion Protocol Dr. Buckley PT Protocols Pre-Operative: Patient issued a Thoraco-Lumbar-Sacral Orthosis (TLSO) for use after surgery. This brace should be brought to the hospital on the day of surgery. Acute Phase: 1 day - 4 weeks Hospital stay: 1-3 days Physical therapy will provide training for safe transfers and bed mobility.
mid back rows, lat pull downs, high rows, PNF D1/D2 pattern, shoulder ER/IR, shoulder ADD/ABD - Dynamic core co-contraction conditioning (2-3x x 10 → 15 → 20) - Hooklying pelvic neutral (hip at 90°): marches → SL heel slide → leg lift c knee ext., dead bugs
POST-OPERATIVE LUMBAR FUSION PROTOCOL Brace / Corset The brace must be worn at all times (except in bed) for 6 weeks. Sitting No sitting for the first 6 weeks. You may sit on the toilet. You may not sit in the bath. Showering You can shower or wash in a standing position. You can't bend to wash your legs, so you will have to lift
A spinal fusion is the most common surgical treatment option for scoliosis. Rods and screws are attached to the vertebrae to fuse (weld) the bones together helping to straighten the spine. This procedure is only utilized for severe curves where all other treatment methods have failed.
Use a lumbar roll (low back support cushion) when sitting. 9. In the first 10 days to 2 weeks, do not sit more than 45 minutes to one (1) hour at any one time. Over the next six weeks gradually increase the duration and frequency that is comfortable for you. 10. No back exercises will be done in the first 3-4 weeks. As you progress it will be
Rehabilitation Protocol: Post-Operative Cervical Spinal Fusion Department of Neurosurgery Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington 781-744-7580 Lahey Neurosurgery at Emerson Hospital 978-287-3194 Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Peabody 978-538-4037 Department of Rehabilitation Services Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington 781-744-8645
CERVICAL FUSION POST-SURGICAL REHABILITATION PROTOCOL POST-OP DAYS 1 - 30 • C-collar - Per surgeon, wear at night for comfort Sit in chair for all meals • Posture education - Use lumbar roll when sitting • Pelvic tilts • Spinal stabilization ex - in supine, neck supported (no bridging) • Upper extremity active motion (AROM LUMBAR FUSION PHYSICAL THERAPY POST OP PROTOCOL N PHASE 1 - 0-4 WEEKS (WOUND HEALING AND PROTECTION - OUTPATIENT PT STARTS AT 2-4 WEEKS) OBJECTIVES: Pain control, wound care and promote healing via progression of mobility. Resume driving after 2-4 weeks or when off pain medication. Limit driving to short intervals < 30 min./time.
Posterolateral Lumbar Fusion A midline posterior incision, with a laminectomy if necessary. Transverse process, pars interarticularis, and if needed, the sacral alae are decorticated (posterior fusion). then a bone graft is placed on the decorticated surfaces.
Physiotherapy Department - Lumbar spinal fusion information and exercises, January 2020 2 Lumbar spinal fusion information and exercises work is likely to be after a minimum of 3 months but maybe as long as 6 months. In some circumsta
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