The recovery period of lumbar burst fracture is related to the treatment plan and whether the spinal cord nerve is injured, the specific analysis is as follows: 1, simple lumbar burst fracture is not accompanied by nerve spinal cord injury, this situation generally requires surgery, fracture about 12 weeks after surgery to achieve clinical healing, you can start to move to the ground, generally about 4-5 months can basically return to normal activities. 2, lumbar burst fracture If the fracture is accompanied by spinal cord and nerve injury, the recovery time in this case is longer, the fracture can be recovered in about 12 weeks, and the basic recovery can be achieved in about 4-5 months, but the nerve recovery time will be longer, generally it takes about 0.5-1 year. If the spinal cord nerve damage is very serious, it may not recover, causing incontinence and paralysis of the lower limbs.