I am having hernia surgery next week. Anybody know what kind of recovery time I should expect before I can start working with heavy weights again?
[quote]doug.edelbrock wrote:
I am having hernia surgery next week. Anybody know what kind of recovery time I should expect before I can start working with heavy weights again?[/quote]
I had a hernia about 10 years ago. I believe I was under doctors orders to not do any exercise for about 4-6 weeks. I’m sure this may vary depending on the size and severity of your hernia (mine was pretty minor).
Once that time passed, I was able to slowly start working my way back into it. Within a few weeks I was using most of my pre-hernia weights and it didn’t take too long before I was setting new PRs again.
Just make sure to follow your doctors orders and don’t push yourself too quickly when getting back into it and I’m sure you’ll be fine.
I had an inguinal hernia. In 4 weeks I was back benching. Of course, I didn’t do squats or any core work.
Use your head and follow how you feel.
I had a hernia 1.5 years ago. You will barely be able to walk for a few days after, and it takes about two weeks until you can walk normally.
I laid off the weights for about 7 weeks, I think it was too soon to come back, but I didnt do any leg work just upperbody.
I slowly added in squats and deadlifts after 14 weeks I think.
year and a half later and im stronger than I ever was.
Yep, as laready stated above, ease into it at your leisure after 4 to 6 weeks dependant on how you feel.
Gradually build up the weight according to your own feeling and pay attention - close attention - to what your body is saying to you - DO NOT PUSH IT. Be patient.
Good luck, and speedy reecovery to you.
I had a hernia surgery just over 2 years ago. My doctor/surgeon said to not do anything for the next 4-6 weeks as well. Like most everyone else said, you don’t want to jump into any leg work right away. It’s not until a full year do you finally reach 100%. My doc said that at about 3 months I would be 98% and able to do all the stuff I wanted.
If I happen to get another hernia, I probably won’t get it fixed right away. They don’t get better, but they do not have to get worse with time. Also the fact that I gained a lot of fat from my previous recovery wasn’t exciting.
I had an inguinal hernia in May 2006. The doctor’s advice was 6 weeks of lifting no more than 20lbs. I probably didn’t squat for 8 weeks after and it still felt weird for a while.
Depending on how they close you up, you may be back in action sooner or later. In my case, the bastard stapled me, which actually tears the skin if you move too much before he pulls the staples. Try to request NOT getting stapled. It was the most painful part of the whole experience.
I appreciate the advice and thanks for your thoughts everyone. It is nice to have a place like T-Nation where I can pose a question like this and get such a rapid and good response.
Doug
In my opinion hernia surgery should be your LAST resort!
Go see a chiropractor!! Preferably one with Spinal Decompression Therapy
http://www.americanspinal.com/
A hernia is the result of two vertebrae who are not in the correct postion so the pressure created on the disc between the vertebrea(forgot the name) causes it to bulge out. Big chance your posture is not good either, If you want I can talk to you about how it works but its gonna be a looong story to tell. So to sum it up
-screw what the doctor says and TRY SOME OTHER STUFF!
In the words of Chris Shugart " If you don’t try stuff, you don’t learn stuff"
Both my parents are chiropractors and I study medicine so I didn’t totally just make this stuff up.
LET THE FORCE THAT MADE THE BODY, HEAL THE BODY
[quote]Vechter wrote:
In my opinion hernia surgery should be your LAST resort!
Go see a chiropractor!! Preferably one with Spinal Decompression Therapy
http://www.americanspinal.com/
A hernia is the result of two vertebrae who are not in the correct postion so the pressure created on the disc between the vertebrea(forgot the name) causes it to bulge out. Big chance your posture is not good either, If you want I can talk to you about how it works but its gonna be a looong story to tell. So to sum it up
-screw what the doctor says and TRY SOME OTHER STUFF!
In the words of Chris Shugart " If you don’t try stuff, you don’t learn stuff"
Both my parents are chiropractors and I study medicine so I didn’t totally just make this stuff up.
LET THE FORCE THAT MADE THE BODY, HEAL THE BODY
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You’re talking about a herniated disc. We are talking about hernias. Not the same thing.