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I'm working on a figure skating story at the moment, and I need to make sure that all my facts line up, and that I have a realistic idea of a timeline for this character's medical experiences. Basically, at the start of the story, one of the protagonists (a competitive pairs skater,) gets a serious spinal injury. Jump forward several months, he's had a surgery, and is doing physical therapy, but he still has a lot of pain, and hasn't been able to get back on the ice. Doctors eventually recommend a spinal fusion, which should help with the pain, but will effectively end his competitive career. So I guess my questions are: 1. What injury could he have? I did a little research on this stuff like a year ago, and I think I was going with a herniated disk, but now I'm not sure if that's serious enough. 2. Are my ideas relatively correct, in that a less invasive procedure would likely be attempted before going for a spinal fusion? 3. How much time would be spent on PT after an initial surgery, before a doctor would bring up a spinal fusion? Months? A year? Multiple years? 4. Am I even correct in thinking that having vertebrae fused would pretty much put an end to competition level figure skating? 5. I would also love to know if there's any specific medical jargon a patient would be likely to hear, or see in paperwork. Any help or ideas would be greatly appreciated, or if anyone can PM me an email for a professional who might be able to help, I would love that too. I just want to do this element of this story justice. Thanks. 
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