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Posted 7/6/2014 6:54 PM (GMT 0)
So it's been about two years since the surgery? I'm doing great. Lifting weights, getting big. The problem is that my stomach is also getting bigger.

Can I do sit-ups this long after the surgery?

My one rule is that I have no food, or no drink (not even a sip of water) in my stomach before exercising. That seems to be serving me well.

Would I be fine to do sit-ups? I really want to get my abs back into really good shape.

Hope all is well with everybody! This forum saved my sanity both before and after the surgery!!!
Posted 7/8/2014 1:15 AM (GMT 0)
Sit-ups shouldn't be a problem after 2 years, I would guess, as just a lay person. But I thought they didn't really do much for abs. I read that bicycle exercises and various types of crunches and ball exercises are better. There are 4 different groups of ab muscles.

The only way to get definition in abs is to lose fat all over the body.

Frankly, as a woman, I'd rather see a man who is just generally in shape. I don't find overly bulky or lumpy muscles attractive. It makes me think they are on steroids. Yech! Swimmers don't develop bulky muscles because they stretch doing the strokes and turns.

Avoid fatty liver (that big gut hanging over the belt) by eating vegetables instead of a lot of carbs, which includes beer, and processed food.

In all sports training, including swimming, I've ever seen hydration is taught to be important. If you're doing a serious workout have a water bottle handy.
Posted 7/8/2014 2:21 AM (GMT 0)
Crunches, planks, etc. are all more effective than sit-ups, and less threat to your back. A good personal trainer could help set up a program for you.
Posted 7/11/2014 4:36 PM (GMT 0)
Thanks for the responses! Has anyone who has had the Nissen Fundoplication been able to do sit-ups (or I guess they'd be called "crunches") about 2 years later without any problems? I would like to do about 300 at a time. Of course I'd work my way up to that.

Any thoughts?
Posted 7/13/2014 10:48 PM (GMT 0)

Dave234 said...
So it's been about two years since the surgery? I'm doing great. Lifting weights, getting big. The problem is that my stomach is also getting bigger.

Can I do sit-ups this long after the surgery?

My one rule is that I have no food, or no drink (not even a sip of water) in my stomach before exercising. That seems to be serving me well.

Would I be fine to do sit-ups? I really want to get my abs back into really good shape.

Hope all is well with everybody! This forum saved my sanity both before and after the surgery!!!

Hey Dave, it was great reading your post. I was a monster before my surgery, now 7 months later I have the build of a long distance runner.

I haven't done any situps. I'm having good core results with pilates, but the instructor is a bit of a ninja and seems to be able to select exercises that stay away from the operation point at the top of my abs.

How did you find other weight lifting exercises please? I tried gentle weights 3 months post op but anything that put pressure on my chest caused me a lot of discomfort.

All the best,

LD.
Posted 7/17/2014 2:14 PM (GMT 0)
LD, I didn't start lifting weights again until just over a year after the surgery. Now I'm lifting a lot. Not as much as before, but more than I have since just before the surgery.

The trick is to breathe correctly, and don't lift with ANYTHING in your stomach. Not even water.
Posted 7/17/2014 8:13 PM (GMT 0)
A year? What made you wait that time, was it advice from the surgeon or did you wait until thinks felt right?

My a-hole surgeon told me not to lift weights for 2 weeks.... clearly he was wrong.

I know what you mean about the breathing - I lifted something 2 days ago and stupidly held my breath. I'm still feeling it in my chest and surgery site now.

Cheers,

LD.
Posted 3/12/2015 7:40 PM (GMT 0)
Sorry for the delayed response, ldrunner. I just felt it was right.

2 weeks?? How could anyone even feel like lifting weights after 2 weeks? No, you need to relax and chill for one full year.

How are you feeling now????
Posted 6/4/2015 9:43 PM (GMT 0)
Anyone else doing sit-ups, or any other abdominal exercises, after their Nissen fundoplication?
Posted 7/17/2015 11:48 AM (GMT 0)
StorminNorman:

You are very early into your recovery and you had three separate surgeries, it's common to experience pain - some people tolerate it better than others. Are you taking any pain medication at this point? One thing you can do is to force yourself to start walking, take it slow, a little more each day. Just relax and take one day at a time.

Sharon
Posted 9/8/2015 6:45 PM (GMT 0)
Hi Guys

I had my Nissen Fundoplication in 2008, I have recently upped the core workouts and yesterday I had a gastroscopy which has shown that I have burst through and the operation has come apart, so it back for me to have it done all over again and no more weights at the gym for me forever.....so please be careful!
Posted 9/9/2015 9:57 AM (GMT 0)
Did you have a hernia repair at the time or just NF?
Posted 7/28/2016 6:50 AM (GMT 0)
Hi Dave234

hows everything going after your Nissen redo so far?

could you please give me the surgeon name who did the redo for you?

i've done my nissen op at 2004 and i really need a redo now, but i'm looking for a skilled and experienced DR.

Thanks
Posted 11/1/2016 5:15 PM (GMT 0)
Midz, I didn't have a redo. I believe my original Nissen is holding up fine. My surgeon was Dr Gillian in Lorton, VA. I don't know if he does redos, but you should ask him.
Posted 11/1/2016 9:35 PM (GMT 0)
me thinks, the information, or lack of, is probably harder than the recovery. i was a very involved in the martial arts, 25 + years and very serious about fitness. i was told, not to do sit ups, and any ab work, was to be non aggressive. no more pull ups. so at 14 months post op. i maintain my flexibility, ride my bike and elliptical trainer, and lift lightly. this operation and recovery was tough, and i do not want a repeat, hence the new normal. listen to your body carefully.
Posted 1/14/2021 5:03 AM (GMT 0)
Hey aero - how has your wrap held up? Have you gotten back into martial arts?
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