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Posted 6/24/2012 5:50 PM (GMT 0)
Hi - It's been 6 weeks since my RP - is there any reason I cannot return to the gym and work on all body parts ? how about the Abs? should I hold off on them ?
Posted 6/24/2012 6:29 PM (GMT 0)
It was three months before I was allowed to lift more than ten pounds. At five months out, my uro/surgeon said it was ok to undertake a reasonable exercise routine.

The real issue is that the internal sutures take three months and more to properly heal.

Posted 6/24/2012 6:37 PM (GMT 0)
REally early for that level, but the more important question is what your surgeon has told you in the line of instructions and restrictions? All we can offer is a WAG and our personal experience. Talk to your surgeon before doing anything. It'd be a shame to wreck his fine suturing skills by getting back too soon. Especially if wrecking them made you pee your pants for the rest of your life or worse... devil As the doc... tongue
Posted 6/24/2012 7:10 PM (GMT 0)
thanks for the feedback - I will discuss this with my URO.. to clarify I was going to use machines only - no free weights

I am surprised that working on the chest/back/biceps/triceps/hamstrings would affect things, but for sure not worth doing any possible damage...

I don't really enjoy working out as many do, but I didn't want to lose all the work I had done either - not sure how much of the benefits you lose if you stop for 3 months..
Posted 6/24/2012 8:09 PM (GMT 0)
Returning to the weights made me feel better after a 3 month hiatus. One thing for sure is you will get wet. Ten months out and I'm still wearing a pad for precaution in the weightroom. Squats and deadlifts are the worst for bladder reaction. I do think it helped with continence as well as kegels IMHO.
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