No "crunches" for 3 months?!?!?

Kirsten117 · August 27, 2006

I was just banded by Dr. Ortiz on 8/16 and am feeling great. In the literature I was giving, it said no crunches for 3 months. Does anyone know why this is?? Is it because they don't want us working our ab's or because the motion of the "crunch" might cause complications with the band? Is it ok to do other types of ab exercises and just not do crunches? What were you told?

Iluvharleys · August 27, 2006

You just had major surgery, you have stiches that need to heal and a band that needs to seed in place. Take the time to heal properly, it can make a difference between keeping and losing your band later down the road.

Welcome to bandland!:clap2: :clap2:

dezadoo · September 6, 2006

my doc says no abdominal exer until i go back at 8-9 wks for just that reason. give your body time to heal, you don;t want to pop stiches or create a new prob. i will say it's killing me! that's where i want to lose and i miss my pilates dvd!