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The Hidden Danger of Back Surgery and How to Avoid It
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Surgery might fix your spine, but what happens in the weeks after can decide whether you ever get your strength back. Most patients are never warned about this part. It starts within the first week of rest and it can undo years of muscle you worked hard to build. Doctors focus on the hardware and the healing disc, but almost nobody talks about the muscle wasting away underneath the bandage while you are told to simply rest.
In this video, I'm going to explain why muscle loss after back surgery is so dangerous, and…
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