Lap Band and Pilates

Hi All,
Quick question before I get banded.  One type of excercise i really enjoy...(and that I would like to get back into doing it), is Pilates.  Since you use your core  muscles, does this hurt around the port area?
  Have any of you tried Pilates and found that it hurt just way too much and had to stop? 

 I think this will be a YMMV (Your mileage may vary) answer.  

The first two weeks of running on the treadmill and my port was sore.  But it got better.

I started crunches last week (On my back with my knees tilted to my side) and I only got 5 crunches on one side cause from the first one it burned.  Now...it's suppose to be fine.  Since your moving the muscle your port is attached to.  

Hopefully, little by little you can work through it.

"I started crunches last week (On my back with my knees tilted to my side) and I only got 5 crunches on one side cause from the first one it burned.  Now...it's suppose to be fine.  Since your moving the muscle your port is attached to."

 Do you continue to exercise and the soreness goes away?  Does it stay sore for just a while? Or is that an exercise you can never do?

I do pilates one day a week, but just with a mat & ball and sometimes hand weights.

I didn't start pilates until I was long past surgery, but my surgeon has the philosophy.. if it hurts, don't do it.

I don't have any problems with pilates at all, but sometimes doing lots of regular crunches I have to stop because my tummy hurts a bit.  I'll push through discomfort, but pain I won't go there. 

My advice would be, once your doctor clears you for pilates, give it a try.  You might be a little sore, but that's something you can work through.  Major hurting, I'd stop.  Like the previous poster, this is probably a YMMV situation.

Best wishes for your upcoming banding and recovery.

I didn't start taking Pilates classes until I was about 1-1/2 yrs post-op and that core work didn't bother my port.

After my port repair surgery last April, any exercise involving my core was uncomfortable for maybe 2-3 months. Now it doesn't bother me at all.

I was told not to do any kind of exercise except walking for 8 weeks after my band surgery.

Jean

 Did your port need repair because you were exercising?

No, I don't think so.

I asked my current surgeon if my exercise routine could have caused the port flip, and she said, "That's not impossible, but fear of a port flip is not a good excuse for avoiding sit-ups."

She hinted that the port flip could be due to poor surgical technique on the part of my original surgeon, but blaming him doesn't get us anywhere we want to go.

I've heard of a number of bandsters whose ports flipped for unknown reasons. Some ports eventually moved into an accessible position, some did not. Chalk that up to dumb luck.

Jean

 Thanks Everyone