I was wondering if anyone out there does martial arts or contact sports and if fo how did your port handle it? My doctor says that it should be okay after six to eight weeks post-op. I practiced martial arts for several years and stopped training a couple years ago when my son was born. I want to get back into training and was thinking about playing rugby. I hope this does not sound too crazy!

I have done karat for a couple of years now. My Dr said to avoid it completely for 2 weeks and then no sit ups for 2 weeks. When we spar, I typically do it with my husband, and he knows better than to hit me in my stomach anyway. :biggrin:

I'm not that familiar with rugby, but do you get tackled in it? Do people get hit in the stomach a lot?

I am a pretty nervous person, so if that could happen, I would probably avoid playing it for a long time. But, that is just me.

Yeah, I understand the sparring thing. I was looking into starting in Brazilian Jujitsu because it is an intense work out and there really is not any striking. It is all grappling. I would be more concerned if I went back to Taekwondo, but I already have a 2nd degree blackbelt so I was thinking of trying something new or maybe even trying Hapkido which is like TKD with gravy IDK. As for Rugby yes there is tons of tackling. My doctor said wait 6-8 weeks, but I was wondering if even after that time period is up if anyone has gone through with it and been ok.

Thanks for the response. It kind of put my nerves more at ease thinking about going back into martial arts. I just did not want to do something to make me have to go back into surgery.:scared2:

So I am planning getting gastro sleeve at the end of the year . How long did you end up waiting until you went back to martial arts after surgery. I do tkd . Thank you.