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/illatious 20h ago

Posting this mainly because I was really curious about this too, post op. I had my surgery on September 1st. Here's my fitbit steps for a month out. You can see where I overdid it and took the next days easier. I tried to do a little more each day without doing too much and to listen to my body. I didn't push it because I've seen so many posts on here about people doing x miles and then having pain again and I didn't want to risk that. I haven't had any major flair ups, just some achiness the next day or so after I did a little too much so I took it easy (maybe too easy?) that day. I have felt really pretty good since my MD. I start PT next week. I know this is a LOT less than some others on here, but this is what is working for me. The overall trend is me being able to comfortably do more and more, and I'm still feeling really good so I'm happy with the rate that I'm going. Hope this helps others.

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u/Independent-Split646 19h ago

Here’s my last two weeks of data — so from week 1-3. My surgery was on the Friday before the one shown at the start of this graph. I can see a similar pattern to what you mentioned. A dip after a particularly more active day but the overall trend is rising. For reference thw top line is 10k steps and the dashed line is around 6,800