[annapurna]

I'm not going to touch the argument about conservative care vs. surgery. Even if you're dead set on surgery, though, a good solid core strengthening and flexiblity regime buys you time, gives you the most you can get out of your life while you're working to get surgery, and makes your recovery time shorter after the surgery. A few years back, Bertagnoli replaced every disk in one gentleman's c-spine with a mix of ADRs and fusions. The man had worked hard to remain fit and it paid off with a recovery time in weeks. I don't recall the exact time but he was up and about within some number of weeks, definitely less than two months.