How long was it before you were able to do and be comfortable with core exercises? Like planks and crunches?

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Just had my 6th week check up and my surgeon said I was ok to start some excercising and workouts just to take it easy.


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I had my 3 week check up this week and was told to wait until 6 weeks postop to start Bootcamp again because of the core exercises.

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Six weeks is a fairly typical number, as you can see, but there are variances, too. My doc's instructions is for 12 weeks before crunches, etc. and that is arguably too soon for many. The problem here is that most of the connective tissues (like the fascia that helps hold your innards into your abdomen along with the muscles,) don't have the blood supply that muscles do, so they heal a lot slower than the muscles. This is one of the reasons that hernias around the incision sites are fairly common with us. This is why a lot of orthopedic procedures are slow to heal, and it applies here too. You, and your muscles, may feel fine and strong enough, but those connective tissues lag behind.