question: What type of limitations can be expected for a teenager who has had a spinal fusion for scoliosis correction? My nephew has also 2 steel rods screwed in place on either side of most of his spinal column. His fusion goes from just below neck to almost his waist. Also he has a goretex patch instead of a diaphragm on his left side since just after birth. It was repaired a few years ago. It was and still is wired to his rib cage. He was one of the first to survive this newer technique. I am concerned if trampoline use and sparring are safe activities for him. My brother seems to think anything is fine- I and his grandmother are concerned