In many situations, a lower back condition can lead to lower back spinal fusion surgery. It is estimated 126,000 spinal fusion surgeries occur a year in the USA and since 1996 the number of surgeries has increased 116%. The group that has had the greatest increase in lower back spinal fusion are adults over 60. Lumbar compression fractures, spinal deformities, spondylolisthesis, lumbar instability, disc herniation and degenerative disc disease are common conditions that can lead to lower back spinal fusion. A key component in the recovery from lower back spinal fusion surgery is exercise. The role of exercise after spinal fusion is important in speeding up recovery, strengthening the muscles supporting the lower back and improving the endurance of core stability muscles. The focus of the spinal fusion and exercise webinar will be the exercise program design and exercises for a client that has had a lower back spinal fusion.
If you are a bootcamp instructor, make sure the injuries your bootcampers encounter are on the decline.
I got this e-mail from an Exercises for Injuries blog reader:
Just started teaching bootcamps. I have encountered people who have issues with their backs (mostly L4-L5). Some have had surgery to relieve pain and another has had it fused.
Rick, do you have an suggestions on exercises my bootcampers with low back injuries should definitely stay away from?
When I was in Orlando at a conference, I was sitting there and I could feel the lower back pain building up in my back.
I wanted to share with you a few tips on what I did in order to fend off the lower back pain from arriving.
A big problem that I have at conferences is back pain.
Sitting for a long period of time, jamming my body underneath these short little tables, sitting in these super-uncomfortable chairs that are perfectly upright are all reasons that lead to lower back pain while at a conference.
So I want to give you a couple tips that you can give your clients on how they can fend off low back pain at a conference.
The person I was meeting with let me know about his daughter who was in a scoliosis brace from the age of 3 to 16. He asked me for some advice on what she should be doing when it comes to scoliosis exercises.
Of all the things she can do - the number one thing - is exercise.
3 Scoliosis Exercise Tips
With scoliosis, there is a very large spectrum of clients. There are clients that can have minor scoliosis or major scoliosis.
Here are some tips for a client that has minor scoliosis. Often times this kind of client will let you know during your assessment that they have been told by their doctor that they have minor scoliosis.
Study Finds Patients Who Initially Visited a Chiropractor Had Reduced Odds of Chronic Disability.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009 – OrthoSupersite – Susan M. Rapp
Patients who had high scores on the Roland-Morris Disability Questionnaire in the first few weeks after a work-related back injury were at high risk for not having returned to work 1 year later, according to a prospective population-based cohort study conducted at the University of Washington, Seattle. Read the rest of this entry »
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