u/Dramatic-Cat2730

I’m 25F and currently three months post-discectomy and laminectomy. I started physiotherapy about two weeks ago.
Around one month after surgery, I began experiencing back pain, which has persisted ever since. Thankfully, I no longer have any pain in my legs, but I’m still dealing with significant lower back pain.
I’ve been managing without painkillers, but the pain is becoming difficult to handle. Initially, my doctor prescribed pain medication, but now says that this pain is part of the recovery process.
The pain is particularly bad at night when I try to change sleeping positions or get out of bed. Every morning, before I can get up, I need to do some gentle exercises, including leg rolls, pelvic tilts, cushion presses, and glute bridges. I then walk for about 15 minutes. These exercises help reduce my pain from around 7/10 to 4/10, allowing me to continue with my daily activities.
However, the persistent lower back pain is still affecting my quality of life, and I’m wondering whether this is normal at three months post-op.
Has anyone else experienced something similar after a discectomy and laminectomy? If so, how long did it take for your back pain to improve? I’d really appreciate hearing about your recovery experiences.

I got slip disc and sciatica in 2022 somehow managed by physio but this may while playing badminton my pain came back with full force even one step was tough to walk tried manual therapy, chiropractic techniques, physiotherapy but nothing worked and pain got too intense that no IV pain killer gave relief, finally we went ahead with laminectomy and disectomy of l4-l5 , post surgery until 2 nd week i had some nerve pain in glutes and ankle for couple of days then until 5 th week i was all well doing couple of excerises as suggested by doctor and walking near to 10k , but since last 7 days i have been feeling a weird back pain almost 5/10 , that gives me burning sens along with heaviness around lower back . Changing sides while sleeping is painfull too . Is this normal around 6.5 weeks post op ?