MySpine is an app developed from personal recovery experience after spinal surgery, in collaboration with physiotherapists and neurosurgeons.
It provides valuable information, advice, and tools to track progress, helping users recover more safely and efficiently.
The MySpine application is intended for all people who are going to or have recently had one of the most common surgeries of the cervical or lumbar spine. MySpine is recommended to be used in the period from one month before to one year after the surgery.
The application contains help with recovery after herniated discs operations, protrusions, extruded discs, spinal stenosis ...
The application contains help with recovery after the following operations:
In the menu under the item "My account and settings" you have the option to choose which notifications you want the application to send you.
The application sends you notifications for:
Clicking on the task name opens the task.
Clicking on the task time opens the option to edit the task time. The newly entered time will be used for all subsequent days of the specific recovery phase. After moving to the second stage of recovery, you will be able to edit the task time again.
Clicking on the circle with a checkmark marks the task as done.
For reminders/medications, you can edit the time and tick. Clicking on the name of the reminder will do nothing.
On a scale (slider) from 1-10, mark the level of pain for a particular part of the body, then click 'Save note'.
You can record the pain several times a day. Only the greatest pain recorded that day is included in the medical report.
Record the change in weight in the same way. We recommend that you record your weight once a week.
When you sit down, start the counter for sitting by clicking on the button 'If you are sitting, start the counter'. Depending on how many days have passed since your surgery, the app suggests an allowable sitting time. The app will notify you when you need to stop sitting and change your position.
On devices with the Android operating system, the sitting counter stops automatically if the app detects that you are no longer sitting, i.e. you are moving.
If you don't see the step counter, you need to enable physical activity recording, i.e. step counting, in the mobile phone settings so that they can collect and record data on the number of steps taken.
The simplest way to enable step counting on Android devices is in the following 4 steps.
In the device settings, you need to select the Apps item, then Manage apps, and then MySpine.
Autostart option must be turned on, and Battery Saver must be set to No restrictions.
In most cases, this will be sufficient for proper step counting.
In some exceptional cases, it is necessary to additionally open the overview of applications on the home screen of the mobile phone and click on the lock icon with MySpine so that the application and the pedometer can always work properly.
The points reward system and application usage levels are designed to motivate and reward you for completing your daily tasks with the primary goal of making your spine surgery recovery as successful and easy as possible.
You collect points by completing daily tasks. With each step and completed exercise, you are closer to the final recovery, and this is exactly what the app rewards. By collecting points, you pass the levels and progress towards the final goal.
The activities for which you get points are the following:
Only following the rules, doing the training and being consistent will allow a normal recovery, and by collecting points and winning new levels, you know that your recovery is progressing.
The report for the doctor is a cross-section of your activities. In it, the doctor can see your personal information, the number of steps, specific training sessions, pain statistics, weight, documents, medical history and other important information. You can see the report by sending it to yourself by email.
In the menu, click on "Send a report to the doctor" and enter your email. You will receive a PIN for accessing the report and a link to the report by email.
