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Originally Posted by mile
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The doctor is adamant that a fusion is a poor choice for an athlete. He talks about how the fusion literally makes natural awareness of your body positioning tough, so the movement to take a slapshot would be different for example.
He also says someone with a fusion is much more likely to require more fusions up and down the spine as time goes on.
Certainly sounds like a disk replacement is the way to go according to this surgeon.