Rehabilitation and lumbar surgery: the French recommendations for clinical practice

•Rehabilitation surrounding lumbar surgery usually depends on surgeons’ habits.•Literature and experts’ opinion targeted discectomy, fusion and prosthesis for rehabilitation.•A three-step method was applied, completed by a multidisciplinary e-Delphi.•For the first time, 20 recommendations for rehabilitation in practice are available.•Consensual advice will limit arbitrary pre- and post-operative restrictions.