Happy New Year! We hope 2014 is off to a great start. If you’re planning to have elective spinal surgery this year, don’t forget to prehabilitate yourself! Research has shown that patients who participated in 8 weeks of preoperative rehabilitation before spinal surgery met milestones earlier, experienced less pain, had shorter hospitalizations and had increased likelihood of returning directly home (rather than to nursing homes!) Read more the whole study here.
