Wow.
So apparently I started an update in 2021. And never finished typing it up or publishing it.
So here we are 4 years later. Let me try to do a quick rehash of 2020 to current.
Dec 2021 I was running to get to the front door as someone had just rung the doorbell (a couple of friends had dropped by to suprise me for my birthday). So here I come, with my work laptop in my hand I ran around the corner in my bedroom and stepped on a dog bone trying hard to not drop my laptop, landing HARD strain on my tailbone. Kinda felt like I died for a second. Or at least wanted. Long story short. My back was ok. Thank God! But over the next few weeks my back pain around my surgery site slowly got work and worse till I was in terrible pain. I tried everything and spend hundreds of dollars trying to get tour of pain, massages, sports specialist, pt, chiro. Nothing was helping. I finally found @iam_sean_the_therapist (on Instagram). He was a life saver! He is a manual movement therapist. I worked with him for about 5 weeks. And he took me from so much pain to completely pain free again through his special skills and training. Basically my Lower back muscles were all locked up from my fall.
So after getting through that tough experience it has been pretty smooth sailing. I still workout 5-6 days a week, with 3-4 of them being weight lifting. I have incorporated 15 to 20 minutes every morning before starting working out to do mobility and foam rolling. I believe it has been a game changer and keeping my body pain free.
I am coming up on 9 years since my surgery in just a couple months. I was told by many people, once you have a fusion you can pretty much plan to need another by around 10 years. So far it's going well. But I've also learned to listen to my body alot more the last couple years. And that I feel has made a big impact in keeping me mobile and pain free. Do I still get tension or tightness in my back? Yes, but not pain. And for that I am so thankful!
So until next time....