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exercises to avoid with a hernia
A 20-year-old male asked:
Dr. Liesa Harte answered
29 years experience Family Medicine
Hernia surgery : Hernia repair surgeries can vary quite a bit. This is the sort of thing you should ask your surgeon.
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Dr. Donald Collins answered
41 years experience Family Medicine
Depends: It depends on what type of surgery. Was it open or laparoscopic? Any complications? Any pain now. Usually doctors advise no strenuous activity for ... Read More
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A 47-year-old male asked:
Dr. Ly Phan answered
22 years experience General Surgery
Hmmmm: Avoid any exercise that tense up abd muscle such as abdominal crunch, sit up or prolong straining.
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Dr. David Earle answered
31 years experience General Surgery
As tolerated: Activity level should be done as tolerated. If it hurts, ease up. If the original wound was closed with sutures, you should probably have a mesh repai ... Read More
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A 45-year-old male asked:
Dr. Addagada Rao answered
56 years experience General Surgery
Best option: get it repaired ( surgery ) then do everything is a low risk out patient procedure
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Dr. David Earle answered
31 years experience General Surgery
As tolerated : Your activity level with a hernia , and even after a hernia repair should be as tolerated by pain and discomfort. You may want to have a consultation ... Read More
A 32-year-old female asked:
Dr. David Earle answered
31 years experience General Surgery
Hernia: No restrictions 3 months after umbilical her is repair are necessary. The rectocele repair however may still warrant activity restriction, and you sho ... Read More
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A 36-year-old member asked:
Dr. James Goodyear answered
46 years experience General Practice
Exercising ; Hernias: Exercising does not usually cause hernias. Rather, exercising may cause previously asymptomatic hernias to become progressively larger and/or more sym ... Read More
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A 36-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jeffrey Widmeyer answered
Specializes in Vascular Surgery
High strain exercise: Exercises that involve straining against a closed diaphragm can lead to hernias in someone prone to them. These are exercises where you are holding y ... Read More
A 50-year-old member asked:
Dr. David Earle answered
31 years experience General Surgery
Usually none: There is no particular exercise that is more likely to cause a hernia compared to another. Hernias can come from activity, but typically only in genet ... Read More
A 42-year-old member asked:
Dr. Buck Parker answered
17 years experience General Surgery
Non-abdominal : The hernia will be stressed most anytime you do exercise. Most all exercises require some stability from your core muscles. This will increase press ... Read More
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A 44-year-old member asked:
Dr. David Earle answered
31 years experience General Surgery
No: A hernia is a hole in the abdominal wall through which intra abdominal contents can protrude and appear as a lump under the skin. Only a surgical proc ... Read More
A 28-year-old male asked:
Dr. M. Hytham Beck answered
43 years experience General Surgery
Cervical hernia: it really depends how bad the cervical hernia is ,and what kind of pressure against the nerve is causing, and what kind of symptoms you are having.
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