Post abdominal surgery rehabilitation

01tj

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I’m 40 and recently had abdominal surgery due to a condition called intussusception. This is pretty rare in adults but I guess I am a rare adult. I’ve been given a 10lb restriction for 6 weeks from the surgery but the doctor said cardio is fine. He okayed me to jog and even do hill sprints but no lifting what so ever. I was using my suspension trainers but last visit the doctor said he didn’t even recommend body weight training. It seems like my core is going to be fairly week when I am able to return making it hard to do any type of lifting.

Have any of you had a similar surgery? Were you able to jump back into lifting after 6 weeks? How long did it take for you to gain confidence back in exercises such as squats and deadlifts?
 
01tj said:
I’m 40 and recently had abdominal surgery due to a condition called intussusception. This is pretty rare in adults but I guess I am a rare adult. I’ve been given a 10lb restriction for 6 weeks from the surgery but the doctor said cardio is fine. He okayed me to jog and even do hill sprints but no lifting what so ever. I was using my suspension trainers but last visit the doctor said he didn’t even recommend body weight training. It seems like my core is going to be fairly week when I am able to return making it hard to do any type of lifting.

Have any of you had a similar surgery? Were you able to jump back into lifting after 6 weeks? How long did it take for you to gain confidence back in exercises such as squats and deadlifts?
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Yeah. I have a ten inch scar starting from my sternum ending around my belly button. they repaired a torn intentestine with a mesh material. So the incision was also closed with mesh. So yea I’ve had something similar. I didn’t excersize for over a year.
 
Laxarcher13 said:
Yeah. I have a ten inch scar starting from my sternum ending around my belly button. they repaired a torn intentestine with a mesh material. So the incision was also closed with mesh. So yea I’ve had something similar. I didn’t excersize for over a year.
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A year, that would suck, my surgeon said I can start lifting after 6 weeks which is going to be hard. I plan on starting with body weight to gain confidence but it may be quite a while before I can do any of the heavy strenuous exercises.

Was it a year before you were cleared or a year before you were comfortable exercising?
 
I had a small bowel resection and have a 8 inch scar from top of belly button down. Had the surgery is March. I had 2 months completely off and started with literally just going through the motions and very slowly increased weight. I have about 1 and 1/2 finger gap between my right and left ab muscles. So i could get hernias easily. I can't do no direct ab work for a year. And as of now I can go as heavy as I can with everything else except when I get too heavy I get scar tissue pain and it could get uncomfortable
 
The scar tissue pain coming from my intestine from resection and appendix area since that's where my problems all started
 
Scar tissue can be removed. Women with multiple C-sections can have this problem. To reduce scarring, insist on sutures. Lazy greedy doctors will staple you. Leaving you with a scar that is usually much worse than what is left from stitches.
 
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