Especially considering your activities—yoga, strength training, aerobics, and walking—you will be able to exercise again after your surgery. However, you will have to take it slow as your fusion heals. You won't be able to exercise at your normal level right away because you have to let your body heal.
Can you workout after a back fusion?
Exercise Helps Fusion Heal
Instead of endangering the fusion, exercising the area after 3 months helps it become stronger. Excess bending, lifting, and twisting are still to be avoided in most cases, but graduated exercise, as tolerated, has major benefits.
What exercise can I do after spinal fusion?
Low-Impact Aerobic Exercise after Spinal Fusion: Examples
- Brisk walking.
- Swimming.
- Exercising using equipment available in most gyms or for purchase for the home, such as stationary bikes, elliptical trainers, and stair climbers.
