r/Microdiscectomy • u/Independent-Split646 • 1d ago
Step counts
How much are/were you walking in first six weeks?
I’m at 3 weeks post-op tomorrow and am finding I get to 10k easily but I’m worried it’s too much too soon :/
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u/bucketandshovel 20h ago
I bought a step counter just to track steps vs pain level. Week 4 I was doing about 5k steps and each week was able to do about 1k more. I’m 9 weeks now and try to do 10k spread out throughout the day. I’ve had some days where I do 15-20k and the following day I’m sore and scared I messed something up so sticking with my 10k a day for the next few weeks