02/16/2026
1๏ธโฃ Losing weight before spine surgery is mostly about nutrition.
Yes โ pain makes movement hard.
Yes โ exercise can feel impossible.
But the honest truth: weight loss is primarily driven by what you eat.
Even if walking hurts, you still control your nutrition.
Lowering weight before spine surgery can reduce complications, improve healing, and decrease stress on your spine.
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2๏ธโฃ Movement is medicine for the spine.
Many people think their spine problems happened because they were โtoo active.โ
In reality, most spinal degeneration is worsened by not moving enough.
Your discs, joints, muscles, and nerves thrive on:
โข circulation
โข load
โข mobility
โข strength
Daily movement is one of the best non-surgical treatments we have. ๐ถโโ๏ธ
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3๏ธโฃ Surgery is just a few hours in a recovery that lasts months.
Your operation may take a few hours.
Your recovery takes months.
What happens after surgery determines the outcome:
โข physical therapy
โข sleep ๐ด
โข nutrition ๐ฅ
โข mindset ๐ง
โข consistency
I can fix anatomy.
But you rebuild the body.
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4๏ธโฃ You control more of your outcome than you realize.
The patients who do best believe they are in charge of their recovery.
They focus on what they can control:
โข effort
โข attitude
โข environment
โข habits
This mindset is one of the strongest predictors of surgical success. ๐ช
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5๏ธโฃ Stop comparing your recovery to others.
No two spines are the same.
No two surgeries are the same.
No two recoveries are the same.
Comparison steals motivation and hides your progress.
Celebrate every step forward โ even the small ones. ๐
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If you embrace these truths and act on them,
your recovery can change your life in ways you never expected. โจ
