Rehabilitation after operations on the spine

After any operation, a person needs time to recover. In order to recover as soon as possible, reduce pain and accelerate the healing of wounds, it is necessary to study ways to strengthen the spinal column, as well as prevent future problems. A rehabilitation physician should help with the recovery process and help reduce the pain syndrome.

The patient, who is waiting for the recovery period after the operation on the spine, should know about what awaits him at the first visit to the rehabilitator, what methods of radiation are used to reduce pain symptoms, what exercises will help to recover soon and the like. More details about all this we will tell you in this article.

First visit to the rehabilitation physician

During the first visit, BP should collect as much information as possible about the condition of your spinal column. Most likely, the doctor will ask you a lot of questions about the onset of the disease, trauma, and also what bothers you in everyday life. Do not avoid such questions, as they will help the doctor get to know your problem and make a plan for further treatment.

The doctor will examine you. First of all, he will look at his posture. Imbalances in the position of your spinal column can exert pressure on inflamed muscles, joints or nerves. If you eliminate such defects, it will help reduce the pain syndrome.

After examining the posture, the doctor must record the amount of movement in your joints in order to compare these indications with the readings before and after the treatment in the future. Very often, a neurological examination is carried out: muscle strength, reflexes and sensitivity are examined. The results will help the doctor determine the area of ​​the affected vertebral column.

Manual examination includes probing the spine in various positions. This is necessary in order to make sure the joints work properly, the integrity of the muscles and apparatus. Ergonomics involves researching how and where you spend your free time, and also doing your job. By understanding your ergonomics, the doctor will be able to correct your daily movements and poses. Sometimes, even a minor adjustment helps to reduce pain and spinal trauma.

Treatment Plan First, the physician will collect all the necessary data and analyze them. After evaluating all the results, the rehabilitator will determine the best treatment for you and make up a treatment plan that will include various sets of exercises and procedures. Such activities are aimed at ensuring that you can recover as quickly as possible and do your daily work without any discomfort. In addition, treatment will help get rid of the pain syndrome. The treatment plan also includes a prognosis for further recovery.

The main goal of the treatment is to teach the patient to control the symptoms of the diseases of the spinal column. In addition, the treatment includes: functional treatment, exercise therapy and a home program.

Control of pain syndrome

Control of pain syndrome is very important. Therefore, the doctor will tell you about the ways that will help to do this. There are several ways to control the pain:

• Rest. A full rest helps the painful muscles and joints reduce the pain syndrome. In addition, rest helps to recover soon after the operation. If the movements or any activity causes pain, then this is a signal that the wound has not yet healed after the operation. Do not load yourself, so as not to increase pain. In the early postoperative period very often the doctor appoints the patient to wear a special fixing corset.
• Posture. The doctor will advise you to find the most comfortable position( for sleeping and resting).He will also talk about what poses are considered the most favorable in order to reduce the strain of the spine during work.
• Ice - reduces blood flow and narrows vessels. This helps reduce muscle spasms, inflammation and pain.
• Heat increases blood flow and dilates blood vessels. Thanks to this, it is possible to inject the necessary medications under the skin, which will reduce the pain syndrome and accelerate the healing of wounds.
• Ultrasound reaches the tissue at a depth of up to 5 cm from the skin surface. Ultrasound acts on molecules, causing them to vibrate. This leads to an improvement in blood circulation in a particular area, as well as to an increase in the delivery of oxygen and nutrients to the inflamed tissues.
• Electrostimulation helps relieve pain and relieve muscle spasms.
• Massage is prescribed in order to relieve muscle spasms, reduce pain and improve blood supply to soft tissues.
• Joint development is a painful procedure, but it contributes to a quick recovery.
• Physiotherapy helps to improve physical fitness, coordination and flexibility. Exercises that increase the flexibility of the spinal column help to keep the spine healthy and reduce pain. Due to the flexibility you can perform various movements, while you will not feel any discomfort in the movements. Coordination allows you to coordinate the work of the muscles of the spine. This will avoid various injuries and reduce pain.
  

Fitness training helps to recover from an operation on the spine, they also improve the general condition of the body. Development of a complex of aerobic exercises is carried out individually. Such exercises improve the blood supply to the nervous tissue and muscles, stimulate the production of endorphins, which are natural painkillers.

The complex of aerobic exercises can include: riding a stationary bike, walking on a stepper, walking along a treadmill.

Functional treatment

Functional training is assigned in those cases when the patient needs correction of posture, movement mechanics and ergonomics.

With proper posture the spinal column bears the optimal load. Due to this, overstressing of the soft-tissue structures and bone structures is prevented. This minimizes the risk of developing degenerative-dystrophic changes, as well as traumatic diseases.

Motion mechanics are also very important. If you correctly perform body movements during exercise, you will reduce the risk of developing spine diseases. The doctor must explain to you the mistakes you make while moving. In addition, he must correct them.

Proper and safe execution of movements during work will allow you to control pain in the lumbar region, and also protect you from further injuries.

Home program

Initially, you will often visit a rehabilitation physician to teach you how to manage your pain, help to improve the volume of movements in the spine, and improve its strength. The doctor will make you a program for daily exercises that you will have to perform at home yourself. Such exercises will help in the prevention and treatment of diseases of the spinal column.

As you can see, the recovery period after operations on the spine takes a lot of time and effort. A rehabilitation physician will help you to recover as soon as possible, and he will make up for you an individual program of treatment and procedures, as well as special exercises. Such measures are aimed at reducing pain in the spine and preventing re-injury.