Guest guest Posted July 21, 2004 Report Share Posted July 21, 2004 Hello again! I recently took up rock climbing, and I've found it's been wonderful for strengthening and toning. When I told my OS about it, he advised me that I would have to stop for at least 10 weeks -- which is fine with me, I don't want to re-break anything! What I'm wondering is this: 10 weeks is a long time, and I'm sure I will lose some if not all of my strength in that time. I know I won't be able to do *anything* for a couple weeks at least, but as soon as I can I want to start exercising again so I don't lose too much. Arms and legs should be quick to return when I get back to the climbing, but I'm more concerned about my core body strength -- abs, back, etc. I'm not very strong in that area right now to begin with, so I've been doing some mild exercise between the climbing to help build it up a little. I can't picture being able to continue to do crunches while I'm still healing at all, so what would be the best way post-op to continue working on these core muscles so I don't lose too much? I've briefly looked into pilates, but I don't know if it's something that I would be able to do or not, anyone out there have any experience or advice with pilates post-op? Some of the people on the list have mentioned yoga as well. I've seen some advertisements and such about strength training style yoga in my area, does anyone have any experience with it, and would it be something I could do? Thanks!! ~Jen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 21, 2004 Report Share Posted July 21, 2004 Funny, at eight weeks post-op I took up belly dancing It is great fun and you use muscle isolations so you are not moving your whole body, just hips or shoulders or both. Talk to your OS, mine said that exercise was fine as long as it wasn't a contact sport and the risk of getting hit or falling was minimal. ~Cathy Strength exercises? Hello again! I recently took up rock climbing, and I've found it's been wonderful for strengthening and toning. When I told my OS about it, he advised me that I would have to stop for at least 10 weeks -- which is fine with me, I don't want to re-break anything! What I'm wondering is this: 10 weeks is a long time, and I'm sure I will lose some if not all of my strength in that time. I know I won't be able to do *anything* for a couple weeks at least, but as soon as I can I want to start exercising again so I don't lose too much. Arms and legs should be quick to return when I get back to the climbing, but I'm more concerned about my core body strength -- abs, back, etc. I'm not very strong in that area right now to begin with, so I've been doing some mild exercise between the climbing to help build it up a little. I can't picture being able to continue to do crunches while I'm still healing at all, so what would be the best way post-op to continue working on these core muscles so I don't lose too much? I've briefly looked into pilates, but I don't know if it's something that I would be able to do or not, anyone out there have any experience or advice with pilates post-op? Some of the people on the list have mentioned yoga as well. I've seen some advertisements and such about strength training style yoga in my area, does anyone have any experience with it, and would it be something I could do? Thanks!! ~Jen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 21, 2004 Report Share Posted July 21, 2004 Hi, Yoga is fine, but don't do anything where your head hangs down if you've had upper surgery (downward dog, headstand, forward bends, etc). Also, if you've had genio, don't put your chin on the ground (one position in the sun salutation). Be gentle, and avoid positions that might cause you to lose your balance. Yoga is one of those practices where you are the master of your practice. As my yoga teacher used to say: you can have an easy practice, a medium practice, and a hard practice. It's not competitive, it's up to you how far you want to push yourself, and you have to be the judge of what's right for your body. Unfortunately I have no experience in Pilates. It does appeal to some people, but I'm not one of them. My brother does use yoga tapes for strength training, and he really likes them. > Hello again! > > I recently took up rock climbing, and I've found it's been wonderful > for strengthening and toning. When I told my OS about it, he advised > me that I would have to stop for at least 10 weeks -- which is fine > with me, I don't want to re-break anything! > > What I'm wondering is this: 10 weeks is a long time, and I'm sure I > will lose some if not all of my strength in that time. I know I won't > be able to do *anything* for a couple weeks at least, but as soon as I > can I want to start exercising again so I don't lose too much. Arms > and legs should be quick to return when I get back to the climbing, > but I'm more concerned about my core body strength -- abs, back, etc. > I'm not very strong in that area right now to begin with, so I've > been doing some mild exercise between the climbing to help build it up > a little. I can't picture being able to continue to do crunches while > I'm still healing at all, so what would be the best way post-op to > continue working on these core muscles so I don't lose too much? > > I've briefly looked into pilates, but I don't know if it's something > that I would be able to do or not, anyone out there have any > experience or advice with pilates post-op? Some of the people on the > list have mentioned yoga as well. I've seen some advertisements and > such about strength training style yoga in my area, does anyone have > any experience with it, and would it be something I could do? > > Thanks!! > ~Jen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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