[I Believe]

Hello y'all!

I am new to the forum. I just wanted to see what others had to say. So, I've been diagnosed with isthmic spindylolisthesis grade III of the L5-S1 level. I also have compression fractures on the L5 and S1. I guess the thing that worries me is the loss of lower back mobility after the spinal fusion. Nobody has really explained to me how much of my back I will be able to move (flexation/extension) after the surgery.

I dance hip hop (not on a team or anything but for fun) and my doctor says I will still be able to dance after the fusion, but being that he is not too familiar with hip hop dancing, I am still left just unsure. Even up until now he said that I can dance as long as I don't do anything too wild which was a tough one for me cause I like to do some neat moves, but I resisted doing back related moves and just stuck to safe dancing

I know it varies person by person depending on which vertebral levels are fused, but can anyone who has had the surgery please let me know how much of your back are you able to move now? I don't know, it just kind of scares me to even think about fused vertebra and not being able to bend all the way.

Also maybe are there any dancers or gymnasts out there who have undergone spinal fusion?

Thanks everyone!


P.J

Also, just to mention, I am a 23 yr old male, pretty active (runner, hip hop dance), but I haven't done much lately due to my sciatica nerve pain going down my leg. I dont have much back pain, usually just discomfort/instability, but I wear a back brace which helps that problem a whole lot. With my brace I feel much more stable. I usually get sciatica (nerve pain) in my rt leg in the morning.