How long after surgery was it till you started back exercising? I teach karate twice a week and train and up to 5-6 times a week currently. Do you think it will be long before I can start again? I already have a 6 weeks break off from karate as we don't train over the Christmas holidays. My surgery is the 17th of December so do you think I'll be right to start training again in feb?

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It depends on your surgeons recommendations. I suggest you talk it over with them. I was cleared immediately post op for light activity such as walking, biking, elliptical, light dumbells 1-3 lbs and so forth and so on. They encouraged a minimum of 5 days a week for at least 30 min or as tolerated. At 4 weeks post op, I was cleared to resume my regular activity including resistance training, running, zumba etc. I did have a hernia repair. So I took it slowly and gradually worked my way up. One day I was on an ab machine and my stomach began to spasm so I immediately stopped and took that as a sign that my body wasn't quite ready for that. I continued with my cardio, and resistance of other muscle groups-- waited a few more weeks for the abs and tried it again-- perfectly fine.

Sounds like you're doing great so far!!! This should be a blast for you-- Look forward to seeing updates from you. Good Luck!!!

This is your surgeon's call. It seems the biggest risk with karate would be herniating your incisions.

I did some walking until I was cleared to get in the pool.

As mentioned above, it's something to discuss with your surgeon. At my two-week follow up, I was cleared to all exercise as long as I kept any lifting to ten pounds (which despite working out until the day before surgery, was plenty at first on my muscles anyway).