[Rehabilitation following surgery of the lumbar spine: herniated disk, spinal canal stenosis, spondylodesis].

The value of the physical therapy after the operation at the lumbar spine is unquestionable. But the treatment should be chosen individually, according to the kind of operation, the patient's age, the state of the spine, but also according to the social and familiar conditions. We present our criteria of choosing the adequate treatment. In times of sharp increase of the medical costs such frequently, rather costly treatment must only be prescribed when inevitably indicated.