Hernia Repair Recovery Exercises Will Help Keep You Safe and Healthy After Your Repair

I'd love to chat with you if you have recently had (or will be having) a hernia repair.

Our hernia repair recovery exercises will really increase your confidence in your repair so that you can return to all the activities you need and love to do.

You're so smart to be researching hernia repair recovery exercises! A lot of folks make the misguided assumption that all they need to do for a hernia is get a repair - and then life is grand again! Unfortunately, that is rarely the case. Many people find themselves in the predicament of having multiple hernias since they never got to the root of the problem - their movement patterns and how their bodies manage pressure. You don't want to be in that camp! 

I learned all about hernias firsthand - I developed one in my incision after a couple of emergency abdominal surgeries.

As part of my process of healing myself, I signed up for a core strengthening program that was designed to help those with a core injury in some way. After working the program for about six months I was able to reverse my hernia - without surgery! This result was confirmed via CT scan. 

It was confirmed that I had two large hernias in August of 2019.

By February of 2020, six months into doing my hernia exercises, my hernias had been healed.

I now have confidence that I won't ever develop a hernia again due the exercises I learned and the techniques I applied to daily tasks.  I loved my results so much that I felt compelled to take a course so that I could teach the program to others! The course covered how to faciliate healing of hernias with or without repair as well as prevent them. 

Here is an article I wrote for Dr. Sarah Duvall's website Core Exercise Solutions. Dr. Sarah was my instructor in the course, and I was honored that she posted my article on her site. You'll see even more of the exercises I used to help my hernia as well as see another video about my personal hernia story. Read Now

Here is a video to check if you could stand to improve your breathing system, which will help your hernia heal naturally.

Our breathing system is the foundation of our core, since the way our lungs and diaphragm move set the stage for the function on the rest of our abs. Plus, we breathe a bagillion times per day! What could be more important than that?

In the PCES course I learned about so much more than just hernias. I  learned that hernias are often a full body issue with the hernia being the symptom. Along the way I built upon the expertise I already had as a trainer in managing back pain, helping improve posture, healing diastasis (separation of the ab muscles along the midline), healing hernias, healing prolapse, and many other issues that can affect us from head to toe. A lot of these issues can be drastically helped with a few simple breathing exercises that are easy to fit into your day. It's pretty amazing stuff!²

With these core exercises I have learned and I now teach, I am proud and grateful that I have gotten myself back to living a pain free life which includes overcoming back pain that limited my ability to walk for years. So much S#*$ can go wrong when our core is weak or injured - or things are simply out of balance in our body.

Here is an example of a core exercise I used to heal my hernia. 

Do not perform any exercises without first being clearned to do so by your doctor.

In this exercise, I am training my TA (or transverse abdominus) muscles which are the abs that serve as my "corset" holding everything in. Since the TAs are weaker on many people compared to the other ab muscles, we have to work them in isolation in order to build them stronger. Otherwise, if we work on harder ab moves our stronger abs such as our obliques or our rectus (the six pack muscles) will jump in and overtake the TAs. By using rotation with my leg, I am teaching my body to deal with real life scenarios versus everything perfectly centered and done straight forward.

I used to have to tape my hernia with kinesiotape just to get through the day. I was petrified to work my core since the doctors I met with scared me into believing my hernia would only get worse and worse with time. Now I am so tremendously confident in doing anything I want to do that I forget my hernia was even there!

The hernia repair recovery exercises I performed were simple and easy to incorporate into my day. I can even do some of them while in the car or waiting in line at the grocery store. Now I am on a maintenance plan with them and it's not a big deal at all to keep up with them while I focus most of my time on other types of workouts.

Simply having hernia repair surgery and then hoping for the best isn't the way to increase your odds of success - in fact, hernia repair failure is pretty high. I don't mean to scare you, but with a few personalized simple core exercises you can really increase your odds of continuing on with a pain-free, hernia free life after surgery! It's seriously worth taking some time to learn about them. If you're still not sure it's for you, schedule a Discovery Call below and I'll give you an opinion on your situation at no cost.

I worked this program as a student for a year and a half before enrolling in the PCES course. Not only did I spent countless hours in the course material and lectures, but I also have had the opportunity to practice my skills on live people! I currently am a professional member of their group which means I engage in continuing education on a weekly basis.

I have a full client load now focusing on hernia repair, prolapse healing, and postpartum issues. I also have a team of Physical Therapists and other trainers on my side who I can ask questions of or refer clients to if their expertise is needed to complement mine.

This is a great self care exercise that I used to recover from my hernias. It's called Skin Rolling.

Skin rolling helps free up our fascia throughout our body. A hernia happens when there is an area of weakness in the fascia. Oftentimes one area becomes weak because areas around it are tight. In skin rolling, we are working the areas around the hernia which mean it's usually safe. However, always proceed with caution especially when it's new.

I am trained in being able to help you though a live video call format as well as through in person work. And the great news is, the video method³ has been proven to be just as successful as in person options – so no worries if we live far apart! These days, I perform over 75% of my sessions remotely and the success rate of my clients healing is no different over video versus in person.