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Is Light Exercise Or Gym Advisable For Primary Stage Spinal Tuberculosis Patient?
hi, i had diagnosed with spinal tuberculosis one and half year ago. At that time my doctors told me that its primary stage because of no spine deformation.i took the medicine for 9 month and took 3 month total bed rest. Now i dont have any back pain normally, but some time when i sit for 4-5 hours in college,then i have little bit pain..and as i have gain too much weight due to bed-rest and medicine. can i start light exercise or gym?
Sat, 15 Feb 2014
Hi,
Thank you for posting your query.
The level of physical activity would depend on the status of your spine. If your TB has healed and the spine/vertebrae are stable, then, there is no problem in doing exercises. This can be confirmed by doing an MRI scan of the spine.
Please discuss this issue with your treating doctor.
I am sure that with one and a half years of good treatment, your disease would have healed and you should be able to start exercises.
I hope my answer helps. Please get back if you have any follow up queries or if you require any additional information.
Wishing you good health,
Dr Sudhir Kumar MD (Internal Medicine), DM (Neurology)
Senior Consultant Neurologist
Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad, India
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Thank you for posting your query.
The level of physical activity would depend on the status of your spine. If your TB has healed and the spine/vertebrae are stable, then, there is no problem in doing exercises. This can be confirmed by doing an MRI scan of the spine.
Please discuss this issue with your treating doctor.
I am sure that with one and a half years of good treatment, your disease would have healed and you should be able to start exercises.
I hope my answer helps. Please get back if you have any follow up queries or if you require any additional information.
Wishing you good health,
Dr Sudhir Kumar MD (Internal Medicine), DM (Neurology)
Senior Consultant Neurologist
Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad, India
Click on this link to ask me a DIRECT QUERY: http://bit.ly/Dr-Sudhir-kumar
My BLOG: http://bestneurodoctor.blogspot.in
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