The Effect of Progressive Muscle Relaxation Exercises on Pain and Disability After Spinal Surgery

Inclusion Criteria: * Having undergone spinal surgery (such as Discectomy, Laminectomy, Spinal fusion, Foraminatomy), * 18 years of age or older * Agreeing to apply progressive relaxation exercises and willing and willing to participate in the study, * Having no medically diagnosed health problems (neurological, psychiatric, orthopedic) that will prevent learning and practicing progressive muscle relaxation exercises, * Patients who do not know and practice progressive relaxation exercises before will be included in the study. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients who will undergo emergency surgery, * Do not want to apply progressive relaxation exercises, * Do not apply them as desired during the working process, * Those have health problems (neurological, psychiatric, orthopedic) that may affect their ability to do the exercises