Quoted message said:thats exactly what he said! "if it dont hurt its ok"... however thats
very vauge imho! from week 3 after the op felt like i could cary stuff
without any discomfort, done some concentration curls after 5 weeks
(way off my original weight - didnt wanna push it), havent had any pain
when lifting but i just cr@p myself im gunna do it again
people at work have told me i should be more carefull since i may have
damaged the repair for being active after the operation (after 3 weeks
and the major swelling went down i started playing golf, carrying full
basket of groceries around etc), but at the end of the day i felt quite
comfortable doing those activities and didnt get any pain so i trust
the surgeons advice is right. i just hope it will repair good so when i
start lifting and challenging myself again it will hold.
i worry to much methinks! :3S
You have to be careful about the advice you are given, even from your
doctor. After one week, my surgeon told me I could not lift, run or do
explosive movements. Among the choices was swimming so I did that every
day since I like to swim anyway. After six weeks he said the wound was
75-80% as strong as it was going to get and I coud do anything I wanted.
I asked about training at the gym and he said not to worry because it
wasn't like I was lifting 200 lbs or something. I said my heavy lifts
were more than twice that and he wasn't so sure but he 'thought' it was
okay. He didn't have a good understanding of what we do in the gym.
It takes a year before the repair is about as strong as it is going to
get, which can be stronger than it was before the hernia. There is
probably going to be some pain from the wound for a while so you will
likely want to ramp up over time anyway.
Playing golf or carrying groceries is one thing, (no wait, that's two)
but if you are doing 1RM deads and squats you might want to work your
way back into it. Let common sense prevail.
But what do I know, I am NO doc by a long shot.
Stephen N.
