Patient Education

Your Recovery After Spine Surgery

Everything from your take-home forms, in one place. Step-by-step guidance on how to move, rest, and care for yourself while you heal.

Bookmark this page. You can come back to it any time during your recovery, and share it with whoever is helping you at home.

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Watch this first. Our team explains how to use these guides while you heal.

This page is general patient education from Atlantic Spine Center and does not replace the specific instructions given to you by your surgeon. Recovery guidelines vary by procedure and by patient. If anything here differs from your discharge paperwork or from what your surgeon told you, follow your surgeon’s instructions and call our office with any questions.

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Moving Safely

Rest & Sleep

Daily Living