Life after spine surgery: physiotherapy, safe lifting, sleeping position, return to work and namaz, and living well with a spine condition long-term. It covers safe lifting and posture, going back to work and namaz after surgery, diabetes and blood pressure before an operation, and the back-pain myths in Pakistan worth unlearning. 17 articles in this section, written for the practice of Dr. M. Abdur Rehman, consultant neurosurgeon, Faisalabad.
Yes. Modern spine surgery anaesthesia is designed so you wake up as soon as the operation ends. An anaesthetist stays with you throughout, monitoring your heart, breathing, and oxy…
Most patients who have spine surgery do not need a second operation. Repeat spine surgery happens in a minority of cases, usually when the same disc herniates again, scar tissue fo…
On surgery day you arrive fasting, change into a gown, and meet the anaesthetist and Dr Rehman for a final check before going to theatre. Endoscopic discectomy usually takes under …
Age alone is not the reason surgery is refused or recommended. What decides is the patient's heart, lungs, kidneys, bone strength, and how well controlled conditions like diabetes …
Physiotherapy after spine surgery usually starts with gentle walking within a day of endoscopic surgery or microdiscectomy, moving to structured exercises over the following weeks.…
In Pakistan, common beliefs about kamar dard and gardan dard are often wrong: that bed rest cures a slipped disc, that pain always means serious damage, that spine surgery causes p…
Diabetes and blood pressure do not rule out spine surgery. They need to be controlled first. Most surgeons want sugar reasonably steady and blood pressure settled before operating,…
Back pain in women is often missed by doctors because the causes differ from men: pregnancy loosens spinal ligaments, menopause and osteoporosis weaken bone, and period-related pai…
Smoking and extra weight both make back pain worse. Your discs have almost no blood supply of their own, so nicotine narrows the tiny vessels that feed them, and extra weight loads…
For most back and leg pain, sleep on your side with a pillow between your knees, or on your back with a pillow under your knees. Both keep the lower spine in a neutral position and…
Physiotherapy helps most slip disc patients. The parts that work are guided exercise, a gradual return to walking and normal activity, and being taught how to move safely. Passive …
Most patients pray sitting on a chair within the first few days after endoscopic spine surgery or microdiscectomy, and return to full sujood on the floor at around four to six week…
Protect your back by moving the load, not your spine. Hinge at the hips, bend your knees, keep the back straight, hold the weight close to your chest, and turn with your feet inste…
Most people return to normal life after disc surgery. Walking starts the same day or the next. Namaz on the floor, sitting cross-legged and driving usually return within four to si…
Most people who have endoscopic spine surgery for a slipped disc return to desk work within one to three weeks, and to heavy manual work in roughly six to twelve weeks. Open microd…
With an active disc problem, avoid anything that bends your spine forward under load: sit-ups, crunches, toe touches, heavy deadlifts, leg presses and twisting with weight. Bending…
Most back pain in drivers and factory workers comes from long hours of sitting, engine vibration and repeated bending, not from a disc that needs surgery. It usually settles with m…
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