It's common for your spine doctor to refer to your physical therapy Boca Raton as part of a sciatica treatment plan. Going to therapy usually involves both active and passive therapies. Passive therapy encompasses treatments that your physical therapist administers, like heat or cold packs, and active therapy requires your active participation like therapeutic exercises.
If you have a fusion surgery, you're usually getting it to limit the movement in the impacted area of your neck or back to help restore stability to the spine and eliminate or minimize your pain levels after a damaged disc gets removed. However, it is possible for a fusion to fail after surgery. When this happens, you'll call it pseudarthrosis or a non-union. This means that your spinal fusion surgery was unsuccessful. We'll outline causes, symptoms, and treatment options available to you below.
Healing from an injury, especially a spinal injury, can be a very complex process. So, it is understandable that your approach to both pain management and physical therapy Boca Raton to help you heal should use an integrative approach. All this means is that you combine more than one treatment method to give yourself better results. So, you could go to physical therapy, take their advice, do whatever they tell you to do, and have regular visits with a pain management clinic to help keep you comfortable.
If your doctor prescribes you analgesics after your spinal fusion surgery, take them as prescribed. This can help control your discomfort levels during recovery. They may recommend you stop taking non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, though. Try to remain active during recovery without overdoing it. Regular movement can help keep the blood flowing to prevent clots, and it can also prevent your muscles from getting weak. It boosts your energy levels and discourages the formation of pressure ulcers too.
Patients who suffer from back or neck pain typically seek medical care from their primary care physician or their family doctor. However, some patients may have issues so severe that they require the help of a spine specialist. To become a spine specialist, a doctor has to complete more years of training related to diagnosing and treating spine-specific issues and disorders like osteoarthritis, scoliosis, herniated discs, osteoporosis, fractured vertebrae, spine injuries, tumors, spinal deformities, congenital abnormalities, and infections.
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