Sep 21, 2024 Hey Simon, keep us updated on your progress post-surgery. I’m currently dealing with CMC arthritis, bone on bone, in both thumbs. Just had cortizone injections to al… View Message

Sep 21, 2024 My husband had surgery for a bucket handle meniscus tear Oct 2022. They removed some of the meniscus.We hiked up to Suicide rock 2 weeks after his surgery and he was climbing j… View Message

Nov 15, 2023 Mike Morley wrote: Nicotine is a vasoconstrictor and restricts vascular supply to the spine which is critical for healing.Comparing a cervical disc replacement or fusion t… View Message

Oct 15, 2023 Hi Emily, I had a disc replacement on top of a cervical fusion. (Neck, not lumbar, but I will need one in my lumbar at some point as well).I started climbing again just 6 weeks… View Message

Apr 14, 2023 I’m hoping to be an outlier in that statistic Melanie, but I’ve heard the same. I have a disc replacement as well and unfortunately 2 disc replacements in a row wer… View Message

Dec 22, 2022 Just be cautious of those laybacks. I laid back an intense climb just over a month after surgery and felt great! As the bones fused, it put more pressure on the subsequent vert… View Message