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What Type of Exercise After Back Surgery

2020 has been a rather unfortunate year for most of us (unless you are Jeff Bezos). I injured my back in November 2019 and searched for a surgeon that I am comfortable with for my back surgery. After talking to a few surgeons, I found one.

As it was the end of the year, Holiday Seasons, and all, I only managed to get a slot for the end of January 2020. After the surgery, I was supposed to rest for the first few weeks and start my physiotherapy sessions on Week 3 and continue for three months.

After a few weeks of physio, there was suddenly a nationwide lockdown due to the Covid-19 pandemic. I will not risk contracting Covid-19 at the hospital where I was having my physiotherapy sessions. So I stopped the physiotherapy sessions.

Even though I stopped going for physio, I continued to perform the stretches and back strengthening exercises that I was doing before the lockdown. As you would have guessed, after a few more weeks, the exercises (which were mostly done in bed) were not challenging enough anymore.