Judy Bryan came to Premier Rehab two months after having a lumbar spinal fusion. Learn how hydrotherapy helped her spinal lumbar fusion recovery.

Judy had suffered from scoliosis since early childhood, but the increasing pain had finally convinced her to look into surgery at age 55, something Judy was very wary of doing. Judy ended up having spinal lumbar fusion from T9 to sacrum, totaling nearly half of her back.

Hydrotherapy elevated her recovery. The buoyancy and resistance of the pool allowed Brad Stucky, Physical Therapist, to work with Judy to reeducate her muscles without the pain inhibition that prevents movement and causes muscle guarding. She attributes much of her current success to working with Stucky and using aquatic therapy.