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Is It Advisable To Do Abdominal Exercises After Bowel Obstruction Surgery?

I had major surgery for a serious bowel obstruction 10 days ago . I am walking daily now for about 50 minutes . When could I start back doing yoga and my normal abdominal exercises . Having staples out on Tuesday by my Surgeon . YYYY@YYYY
posted on Thu, 19 Mar 2015
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Dear- thanks for your support and will give you my medical advise. You had a serious surgery just 10 days ago. It is good that you are walking but you should not do any abdominal exercise up to 8 weeks after the surgery. You might start start yoga in 4 weeks. It is important to have your abdominal muscles and your surgical wound healed in order to start heavy exercise. If you start too soon,the muscles are not healed and you can develop a ventral or abdominal hernia.
I hope that my advise will be helpful
Dr.Sara
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Is It Advisable To Do Abdominal Exercises After Bowel Obstruction Surgery?

Dear- thanks for your support and will give you my medical advise. You had a serious surgery just 10 days ago. It is good that you are walking but you should not do any abdominal exercise up to 8 weeks after the surgery. You might start start yoga in 4 weeks. It is important to have your abdominal muscles and your surgical wound healed in order to start heavy exercise. If you start too soon,the muscles are not healed and you can develop a ventral or abdominal hernia. I hope that my advise will be helpful Dr.Sara