losing weight after back fusion

maml1102
maml1102 Posts: 1
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Need support to help lose weight but just had back surgery. Any suggestions for muscle build up and weight loss.

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  • GaleHawkins
    GaleHawkins Posts: 8,159 Member
    While nature fused my spine from head to tail about the only work out I can do is walk. I yo yo'ed a lot when mainly eating carbs for years but now with 80% of diet fat and 5% carb I am slowly losing weight. This might not work in your case for many different factors. Read up and understand how any diet you select works and does not work. You will come up with a plan. Since at max seldom do even body builders add more than a pound of muscle a month so muscle build up is slow at best when eating fewer calories than one is actually burning.
  • paulandrachelk
    paulandrachelk Posts: 280 Member
    get cleared by your Dr. before ANYTHING!! Husband had back surgery and went through rehab for a couple months.
  • GaleHawkins
    GaleHawkins Posts: 8,159 Member
    paulandrachelk wrote: »
    get cleared by your Dr. before ANYTHING!! Husband had back surgery and went through rehab for a couple months.

    The only advice to be acted upon from my experience. Rehab time can be time well spent.

  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    Losing weight comes from a calorie defecit..you don't need fads, gimmicks or exercise

    You just need to weigh and log your food and eat at a calorie defecit and follow your post operative care plan for any physio

    As you recover you can clear exercise with the specialists who know your case and introduce exercise as you wish
  • Agatefairy
    Agatefairy Posts: 153 Member
    I've had a spinal fusion myself on L5/S1 and a plethora of laminectomies. I started physical activity slowly with walking workouts (low-impact)/spine-centered yoga/stretching. If you can-check out "Viniyoga for the Low Back, Sacrum, and Hips." I also do "Yoga for Chronic Conditions." It helps with stiffness, pain, stress, and increases joint mobility without causing undo stress to your spine. PT can definitely help obviously, but for me it wasn't thee end all solution. There are definitely exercises/yoga poses you shouldn't do (.) unless you want to spend days in extreme pain and induce sciatica. Also you can google Mckenzie back exercises and check those out.
  • picklesroofus
    picklesroofus Posts: 68 Member
    edited December 2014
    good luck
  • sadiecara
    sadiecara Posts: 59 Member
    I broke my back and had lower spinal fusion. I put on a ton of weight over the first year, but have lost most of it this year. I walk and I swim....

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