The operation on the spine is aimed at neutralizing the underlying cause.
Recovery after spinal surgery is designed to return a person to their usual lifestyle and is an equally important part of the entire treatment package.
If the rules of rehabilitation are not respected, the situation is aggravated every day.
Contents of the article
- When the operation is required
- Why rehabilitation after spinal surgery is required
- Rehabilitation and recovery treatment
- Main goals and objectives
- Selection of the
- procedures
- treatment plan Basic techniques
When operation
is required Operation is required for:
- nerve compression provoking pain inthe lower back;
- scoliosis with a curvature angle greater than 40 degrees;
- progressive spinal curvature;
- deformities of the spinal column, due to which the internal organs are squeezed;
- pronounced appearance defect due to the hump;
- some fractures of the spine;
- development of vertebral instability;
- vertebrae hernia with ruptures and inflammation of the nerves.
Types of interventions:
- discectomy - excision of herniated disc;
- Laminectomy is a procedure for removing a bone located above the spinal canal;
- arthrodesis - splicing several bones of the spine;
- vertebroplasty - the introduction of bone cement into the affected vertebrae;
- Implantation of artificial discs.
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Why rehabilitation after spinal surgery is needed
Recovery after intervention is a set of activities prescribed by the treating doctor.
The main goal of rehabilitation is to improve the person's well-being and ability to move independently, to engage in standard things.
Recovery after the procedure helps you quickly adapt to the limited possibilities. It can not be neglected by him even with unimportant neurological abnormalities.
Rehabilitation and restorative treatment
Rehabilitation measures consist of prescription of medicines, physiotherapy, massage, medical gymnastics, manual therapy, acupuncture and sanatorium 
treatment.
In addition, the patient should lead a healthy lifestyle, do not lift weights, avoid overcooling, stress, prolonged monotonous work in one position, watch the weight, do not make sudden movements on unready muscles.
Main goals and objectives of
Rehabilitation after spinal column intervention aims to neutralize the consequences, forced compensation from incorrect loads on the axial and peripheral parts of the skeleton, together with the wrong stereotypes that have been formed in humans for years.
The choice of methods
The set of methods, actions and methods depends on the course of the disease, the characteristics of the organism and the prescription of conservative treatment.
Since the latter without neutralization of the main cause of the disorder is symptomatic, and therefore provokes the appearance of compensatory pathological reconstructions.
Treatment plan for
Rehabilitation begins almost immediately after surgery, whether it's an excised hernia of the spine or any other intervention.
The doctor examines the patient. After analyzing the patient's answers and the results of the examination, the attending physician should determine the best way to help.
Next, a treatment plan will be developed, consisting of different procedures and exercises that will help you recover, reduce pain, and allow you to perform daily work. The plan also includes the prognosis the doctor will try to reach together with the patient after the treatment.
The recovery is carried out in three stages:
- task of the first - neutralization of pain, paresis, numbness and compensation of body distortions.
- The second is aimed at dealing with limitations and normalizing the overall state.
- The third is aimed at restoring the integrity and strength of the musculoskeletal system, eliminating restrictions for physical training.
The sooner a person commences rehabilitation after an operation on the spine, the faster the process will go.
Such measures, in principle, give an effect in the situation when a lot of time has passed between the procedure and the course of rehabilitation.
Modern medicine offers a large arsenal of recovery methods.
Basic methods of
The main methods include:
- Physiotherapy exercises. The more effective way of recovery after operations has not yet been invented. As you know, one of the most unpleasant consequences of the intervention is a violation of mobility and, as a result, problems with blood circulation. Exercises normalize muscle tone, blood flow and help to return to normal.
- Physiotherapy - treatment by heat, cold, ultrasound, electric current, magnetic field, laser. It activates the processes of wound healing and neutralizes pain, restores blood circulation in tissues. After the procedure the patient has to lie for a long time or sit. To reduce the consequences of long immobility, use special simulators in which a person can take a vertical position.
- Therapeutic massage is useful for many disorders of the body. It allows you to restore sensitivity, restore blood supply, avoid bedsores and develop weak muscles.
- The extremely important stage of any rehabilitation program is the adaptation to life after the manipulation of .All the described methods can eliminate physical consequences, but this is not enough to return to normal life. After the intervention, the person will have to get used to the daily life. This task is performed by ergotherapy, which helps the patient regain his ability to self-service.
- Recovery includes and psychotherapy , becausethe defeat of the spinal column can significantly change the standard way of life and become a serious test for the emotional state.
- The impact of with acupuncture improves the innervation of the musculoskeletal system, normalizes the operation of all systems, accelerates rehabilitation after injuries and surgeries.
- Myostimulation .The action of impulse current activates the recovery, improves the functioning of the nervous system and heart, prevents muscle atrophy, accelerates recovery after prolonged immobility.
- Mineral water treatment increases immunity. Massage showers with mineral water are extremely useful in cases of musculoskeletal disorders.
- Wearing special corsets reduces the load on disks and joints, muscles, ligaments. For a problematic spine, it is useful to wear corsets for 2 months after surgery.
- There is a "dry", submarine, vertical and horizontal spinal traction. Its essence in the stretching of elastic tissues and joints of the spine due to the severity of the body or additional weights. Such procedures relax the muscles, increase the volume of movements and mobility of the spinal column.
Thus, the recovery period must be taken very seriously. Even if a person needs to give up individual components of a lifestyle, in this situation it's trivial.
