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Posted 2/1/2017 1:09 PM (GMT 0)
My boyfriend has an ileostomy and is wanting to get back to lifting weights but can't find any gym programmes tailored to avoiding hernias or much advice on the best way to get back into it. He had is operation about a year and a half ago. Has anyone managed to get back to lifting safely and successfully? If so, it'd be much appreciated if you could be specific in how you got there! Thank you!!! smile
Posted 2/1/2017 2:18 PM (GMT 0)
I was looking up a link but the page doesn't seem to be loading. You can look up a guy named Blake Beckford and see his amazing transformation with an ileostomy. He had a lot of articles on his website about getting into training again. This is the link but it's not loading for some reason but definitely look him up...

http://www.blakebeckford.co.uk/
Posted 2/1/2017 2:31 PM (GMT 0)
Thank you! Yeah, I found him and looks like it's exactly what he needs but his website isn't loading for me either! Will keep trying!
Posted 2/1/2017 3:59 PM (GMT 0)
You're going to want to reach out to Pluot, she is a weight lifter currently in Med School. I'm not sure if she lifted weights while she had the ostomy, but I know that she was lifting after she was reconnected.

www.healingwell.com/community/profile.aspx?f=38&m=3543814&p=146129
Posted 2/1/2017 4:04 PM (GMT 0)
I do know you'll need some sort of support belt to protect your midsection and stoma.
Posted 2/1/2017 5:37 PM (GMT 0)
When I had my Ileo I was a mechanic so I started slow but eventually could lift no problem, the trick is going slow and building from the ground up. -- The core muscles in the abs around the stoma. And then something like this https://www.amazon.ca/Medical-OSTOMY-Colostomy-Abdominal-Support/dp/B00DUW2F6M/ref=sr_1_1?s=sports&ie=UTF8&qid=1485970580&sr=8-1&keywords=ostomy+support+belts but the trick is going very slow ground up, so work the fore muscles I kind of imagine as (ABS) ILEO (ABS) we want to make it so those ab muscles are fit tight to the Ileo to prent a hernia. It worked for me.. go slow ^^
Posted 2/2/2017 1:35 PM (GMT 0)
I had a total procto colectomy with a permanent illeostomy in December of 2015. I started lifting weights again somehwere around April of 2016r but started very slowly. For most of 2016 i stuck to light weights and cardio. Beginning last month however, i started back on the routine I was doing prior to surgery. After being out of that routine for over I year I started with very light weights and I am gradually building back to where I was. I wear neoprene belt with a velcro closure that keep fairly tight.
The only exercise I havent attempted is deadlifts Im just too afraid of developing a hernia
Posted 2/12/2017 4:06 AM (GMT 0)
I've read one should wear a support belt and start slow, with low weights. They say the area is at high risk for hernia in the first year, but perhaps if one builds the muscles gradually (light weights) in the first several months, they can avoid or lessen the risk? Has he started with stretches and light exercise without weights? That may help to strengthen and avoid injury and prepare the muscles for weights. Also he should eat lots of protein to heal the severed muscles. Does he have any other incisions on his belly? Even if the wound looks nicely healed on the surface, it may take more time, to heal the deeper muscles underneath. I would advise low and slow, if he is going to attempt any weights so soon? Better yet, maybe he should ask his doctor first?

Post Edited (dorri) : 2/11/2017 9:13:07 PM (GMT-7)

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