Here’s the latest on Mark’s back surgery from today…
Mark Martin’s J-Mar Express – http://www.jmarexpress.com
This report on Mark Martin’s back surgery from Lori Halbeisen at Roush
Racing:
Mark Martin underwent a successful lumbar fusion this morning to hopefully
relieve a majority of the back pain he has dealt with for years. Dr. Chuck
Kollmer performed the procedure in New Smyrna Beach, Fla. Dr. Kollmer is
the same physician who performed surgery on Martin’s knee in July.
"Mark did very well through the surgery," Dr. Kollmer said. "There was no
nerve damage from the procedure and now it is just a matter of the bone
healing. His back pain should be much better, although not entirely gone."
Martin suffered from a condition called spondylolisthesis in which part of
the bone in the back is broken which causes instability and causes the
bone below it to slip. That puts pressure on the nerves in the back and
causes pain. During the 3 1/2-hour procedure, Dr. Kollmer removed the
portion of broken bone and inserted hardware and additional bone which
will fuse together to stabilize his lower back. Martin is expected to
remain in the hospital until Friday.
"He will be laying down today and we hope to start him walking by
tomorrow," Dr. Kollmer said. "Once the pain is under control, we will be
able to send him home. We will take X-rays several times over the next two
months to make sure everything is healing properly. We hope to start a
slow rehabilitation program of his extremities next week. He will wear a
lower back brace to keep that area stable."
The full recovery time for this type of procedure is usually about one
year. Dr. Kollmer said Martin should feel better in about six weeks once
the bone heals. At this time, Martin does not plan on climbing into a race
car until Feb. 10 at Daytona.
Thanks for keeping us informed. Hopefully Mark’s turn at a WC Champion is in
the near future. I just wish he was not driving for Roush. Bill
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John wrote in message <3Tj_3.97602$YB4.3512…@typ12.nn.bcandid.com>…
>Here’s the latest on Mark’s back surgery from today…
>Mark Martin’s J-Mar Express – http://www.jmarexpress.com
>This report on Mark Martin’s back surgery from Lori Halbeisen at Roush
>Racing:
>Mark Martin underwent a successful lumbar fusion this morning to hopefully
>relieve a majority of the back pain he has dealt with for years. Dr. Chuck
>Kollmer performed the procedure in New Smyrna Beach, Fla. Dr. Kollmer is
>the same physician who performed surgery on Martin’s knee in July.
>"Mark did very well through the surgery," Dr. Kollmer said. "There was no
>nerve damage from the procedure and now it is just a matter of the bone
>healing. His back pain should be much better, although not entirely gone."
>Martin suffered from a condition called spondylolisthesis in which part of
>the bone in the back is broken which causes instability and causes the
>bone below it to slip. That puts pressure on the nerves in the back and
>causes pain. During the 3 1/2-hour procedure, Dr. Kollmer removed the
>portion of broken bone and inserted hardware and additional bone which
>will fuse together to stabilize his lower back. Martin is expected to
>remain in the hospital until Friday.
>"He will be laying down today and we hope to start him walking by
>tomorrow," Dr. Kollmer said. "Once the pain is under control, we will be
>able to send him home. We will take X-rays several times over the next two
>months to make sure everything is healing properly. We hope to start a
>slow rehabilitation program of his extremities next week. He will wear a
>lower back brace to keep that area stable."
>The full recovery time for this type of procedure is usually about one
>year. Dr. Kollmer said Martin should feel better in about six weeks once
>the bone heals. At this time, Martin does not plan on climbing into a race
>car until Feb. 10 at Daytona.
John wrote:
> Here’s the latest on Mark’s back surgery from today…
> Mark Martin’s J-Mar Express – http://www.jmarexpress.com
Thanks for the report.
If it takes a whole year to heal, is he taking a huge risk by
racing next season?
Marty