Exercise help, PLEASE!!

[dawnk 1]

Hi Everyone,

I would really like some help on this. I'm 19 days post op and according to my doctor I can start cardio after 2 weeks and ab work after 3 weeks. My question is that a lot of cardio calls for you to use your abs and what about the jumping around. I'm really nervous about jumping around and dancing so can you guys give me some advice as to what you are doing. I'm doing Turbo Fire which is high impact cardio, right now I'm doing it very low key. Any help would be apprecitaced.

[nurse535 30]

When I think cardio at two weeks post-op, I think treadmill, elliptical, or bike, not necessarily the type of workout you are doing. I was up and walking around my neighborhood the same day of surgery and did that type of casual walking since then, and now I've also started walking on the treadmill at the gym. I'm 3 wks post op today. Next week when I hit 4 weeks post op I'm going to start doing some of the resistance training machines at my gym.

[Jess55 97]

I'm with nurse, I really think you should start with elliptical or treadmill. I think what you're doing is to much right now, you're still healing. I started back on the elliptical at 2 weeks post op, then added back in stregth training at 3.5 or 4 weeks

[Jachut 487]

I agree, I'd be walking, using a treadmill or elliptical or bike, not jumping around.

I even find, as a runner, that running is gentler on my body than even something like step aerobics. If I do a step class or a body combat, I'm in agony the next day - sore knees, sore back, its just so twisty/turny and all directions, so whilst running is high impact, the same motion over and over again can be easier and gentler. I know that at 43, my days of high impact aerobics classes are over, sigh. Body Pump or spinning are the only classes I'll do. I was able to run 10 days after a bowel resection by keeping it slow and low impact - sort of a shuffle - without injury. So I'd be thinking more along those lines.

[Rachel412 116]

I'm with everyone else Elliptical, go for walks- you want low impact, low bounce! Take it easy for now, ok?

[dawnk 1]

Thanks Everyone,

I checked with my DR and she said it was ok, I only did it a couple of days and I did it really low impact so that helped as well. I also have been walking and I did hit the gym up to.