Exercises After Abdominal Surgery
Exercises After Abdominal Surgery
Exercises After Abdominal Surgery
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There are exercises you can perform right after surgery and those that
you may have to wait a couple of weeks to do. Follow your doctor's
specific instructions when working out after surgery.
Take a Walk
Walking is a functional way to start slowly working out after surgery.
Walking short distances after abdominal surgery helps increase blood
flow. Take short walks a few times a day with assistance from a nurse or
helper. Do not try to go very far or move quickly.
To perform the buttocks lift, lie face up on the floor or bed with your head
resting on a pillow. Relax your arms next to your sides, palms down. Bring
your feet to about eight to 12 inches from your buttocks so your knees are
bent to slightly less than 90 degrees. Your feet are parallel to each other
and pointing straight ahead.
Squeeze your glutes as if you had a quarter between your cheeks and
raise your buttocks in the air. Go only as high as feels comfortable and no
higher than the distance that puts your body in a line from knees to
shoulders. Lower your buttocks slowly back down.
Option one is to lie face up on the floor or your bed and bend your knees,
placing your feet about eight inches from your buttocks. Put your hands
behind your head with the elbows bent. Then, press your lower back into
the floor and hold the abs tight. Bring your chin toward your chest without
letting your lower back pop up. Breathe out as you do so. Lower your
head.
Option two begins exactly like option one, but when you exhale and raise
your head, follow with your shoulders until both are off the floor. Be sure
to keep the lower back flat.
Option three is to rotate your trunk and lie your knees on the floor, first on
your right and then the left sides while you lift your head and shoulders.
This emphasizes the oblique muscles on the sides of the abdomen.
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