Originally Posted by
FBOATSB
My fusion was L5-S1 and after healing of course, and six full months of physical therapy, I have better flexibility than before. I think you could improve on the six month recovery time due to prior therapy and conditioning if you don't wait too long. I was just a train wreck waiting to happen, it seems. One day my Chiropractor took one look at me and refused to touch me and sent me directly to the hospital for a MRI. The next day I was sitting in a spine surgeon's exam room.
Good to hear about your flexibility as that was a big concern to me. I still want to ride my road bike and was worried that I'd have to go to flat bars. I really plan on continuing to do as much prehab as I can. I've done that with every surgery that I've had, and I've had more than a few, Carrying a good level of fitness into the surgery does make for a quicker recovery.