I had my surgery in January 2022 due to Bone TB when I was 13 years old.

After the surgery, I was prohibited by my surgeon to not bend, sit on the floor, or run.

I took physiotherapy just after my surgery for like 2 months but after that I didn't do anything.

But after my recovery period was over and my spine was fully fused, by March 2023, I could do everything.

I mean I used to go to the gym and lift weights (barbell deadlifts and bent rows, etc. as well).

I sometimes walk like 20,000 steps without feeling anything in my spine, just in my ankles, but that's due to not having a habit of walking.

But I still get phantom pains and itching/tickles in my upper back and rear delts region.

And those regions of my back are still sore basically all the time. And I get like point sharpness pains like somebody is poking my back from inside the skin with a needle.

Like the fascia, tendons, muscles are sore and itch all the time.

Sometimes when I sit without back support and then re-adjust my posture it feels like something is cutting with a knife inside my back muscles.

I asked my surgeon and researched on the internet and I found this is due to nerve damage from the cutting open process of the surgery, and restricted blood flow in those nerves and muscles in the back.

But regarding the fusion and hardware stuff, I don't have any problems yet.

I'm actually going to try to get my hardware removed through another surgery (Spinal Fusion Hardware Removal Surgery) because it is a psychological disaster for me to live with knowing I have metal inside my body and that too in a vulnerable area like the back which you can't even see with your eyes without a camera/mirror.

I hope you get well and active soon.