Question:
Has anyone been told that doing situps pre op will help to strengthen the muscles

around the stomach and help you heal faster?    — justme62906 (posted on March 20, 2003)


March 20, 2003
I was watching for an answer to this, but it's about to fall off the top-ten Q&A list, so ... I'll just pass this along, for what it's worth. In reading the plastic surgery boards on yahoo, I've seen some folks report that their docs believe it's easier to perform a tummy tuck if the ab muscles *aren't* well-toned (without differentiating between tt surgeries where they cut the abdominal muscles, and those they where they don't -- big danged difference, I know, but I just can't recall the context). That seemed counter-intuitive to me, so maybe someone will come along and correct this if I read it wrong. I do know that you will want to leave your abs alone for a good long while after an open gastric bypass procedure, because of the danger of developing a hernia. At nine+ months out, I still don't target that particular area for exercise (lingering hernia fears), though it's getting more toned because of the other exercises I do. I keep meaning to ask my doc if it's okay now to do lots of ab crunches, etc. (Gee, I wouldn't be forgetting that question on purpose now, would I? :~P). Anyway, I hope somebody else gives you a better answer.
   — Suzy C.




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