Help for after surgery : Community Message Boards
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carlp007
Pensacola FL
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Sun, May 8, 2011 10:05
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Help for after surgery
I am having umbilical hernia surgery next week (18 May). I am being told that I will not be able to exercise for 4-8 weeks. I can't wait that long to work out. After a year of exercise and loosing 230 pounds, I have figured out what works best for me. I do 2 hours of resistance training in the morning, 1 hour of cardio at night, and no exercising on Sunday.
I take a week off from exercise every 10-12 weeks, but not exercising with heavy weights for 4-8 weeks is much longer than I have every taken. Any suggestions of what I can do for exercise during this recovery period? Has any one gone through this surgery?
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claire6571
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Mon, May 9, 2011 13:05
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Re: Help after surgery
That is so sad!Try some really light exercise (yoga maybe) with your doctors permission.
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Jacqueg
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Mon, May 9, 2011 14:05
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Help after surgery
230lbs!!! wow congrats on that to begin with...I just started and that is a motivation on my way to 50...if you cant exercise maybe you can just walk. slowly it's still doing something while hopefully not going against your doc's advice.
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carlp007
Pensacola FL
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Thu, May 12, 2011 18:05
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Thanks
Thanks for the ideas. I think I am going to have figure it out after the surgery. I did some research and recovery times differ for everyone; as they should. I will start off with some light walking on the treadmill and stair stepper. Next, I will start running and try some light weights. Finally, I should be back into my regular workout hopefully sooner than later. I am hoping within 6 weeks.
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