muay thai and hernia recovery time

jon1981

hi,

just got diagnosed with a small hernia (INGUINAL HERNIAS ) on the abdominal wall. will require small operation. has anyone experienced this? im interested to hear about peoples recovery time and how quick or long it took to get back to training.

cheers
Jon

Khannie

This is gonna be related to how fit you are now, how old you are, how well the operation goes and all that jazz. Honestly, the only person who can really advise you is your doctor.

jon1981

hi,

Im told 4-6 weeks, but that seems to be the standard recovery time estimate. I've been doing some reasearch and i found that some pro footballers have been out for months, its depressing.

Khannie

Ouchies. 4-6 weeks wouldn't be too bad. For professional footballers, it may have been months until they were fully match fit again, but they may have been back training much earlier than that.

I was deliberately vague because there's a "no medical advice" rule. Was that 4-6 weeks for 100% recovery?

typh00n

Hi Jon,

Just to let you know about my experience with exercise and hernias. I am 29 and have had two on the same side.

First one just after College when I was 22, was much fitter then, going to the gym but no MA. That one they opened me up about a 2 inch cut stitched up the hole and that took about 8 weeks before I felt like I could go back to the gym

Very very lightly at first. little more then a fast paced walk, and really light weights for first few weeks, weight so light that i was just really doing the motion more then lift.
Built myself over a number of months and took it really easy getting back into it. Didnt want a reoccurance.

Then I had my second one last year, just came, cant really pin point what caused it. That one they did key hole surgry and I felt like I could move a lot quicker directly after the operation as they didnt make a big cut but 3 little ones instead. On the second operation they put in a wire mesh, that the muscle has built up around(dont know why they didnt in the first operation).

This time I took about 3.5 months to before I started to do any exercise apart from walking. Cause it felt really tender and weak. Built myself back up and everything is grand now again.
Just to let you know on the second operation i was very very careful before I went back training, incase the time line is scaring you.

As for the Muay Thai training, discuss this with your doctor, make sure that he or she is aware of how physical training can be. Make sure they understand how intense and how much impact there can be while training. Follow their advice.

On a ligher note, a friend of mine had his first hernia operation the same week as I had my second and was back playing football in 6 weeks

I know that there is a no medical advice rule, but It might be worth asking your doctor is there anything that you can do on this side of the operation to help you recover on the other side, I hope that I have not broken the rule

Anyway dont rush back to training and get yourself back on the operation table , just listen to your doctor and your body when you do go back, and take it handy from my experience

Good Luck
Typh00n

Khannie

typh00n wrote:

I know that there is a no medical advice rule, but It might be worth asking your doctor is there anything that you can do on this side of the operation to help you recover on the other side, I hope that I have not broken the rule

Not at all (that I'm aware). I think that's a really clever idea.

Kent Brockman

Hi jon,

Interested in this topic myself but my news is a bit depressing. I had a hernia operation in june 2006 and have not fully recovered. I've been given a couple of steroid injections periodically, and although these have improved the situation I'm not totally pain free.

4 different doctors have all said the same thing-"probably nerve damage or the edge of the mesh touching a nerve, and although this should improve with time (indefinite) it will probably never be 100%".Great!

However i am 36 and not at all fit and i had my appendix out 10 weeks previous to the hernia op (a mistake i'm told, as i probably should have waited longer between ops).

My advice would be to take it nice and slow, be prepared for a recovery time of 3-4 months and hopefully you will not have any problems.(oh yeah and ask for plenty of Morphine when you wake up!)
Best of luck.
Niall T.

jon1981

thanks for the response guys. i appreciate it although i was hoping the recovery wouldnt be so long. I take it you guys felt worse post op than pre op?

i hear the key hole surgery has a faster recovery than the traditional "slice em open". im meeting the consultant this week so im hoping he can give me some more detailed info on my particular case and that. it doesnt look that bad its only a slight little lump, you cant even see a bulge. like it doesnt look that bad but i know its there. Were your hernias protruding quite alot?

jon1981

Kent Brockman wrote:

Hi jon,

Interested in this topic myself but my news is a bit depressing. I had a hernia operation in june 2006 and have not fully recovered. I've been given a couple of steroid injections periodically, and although these have improved the situation I'm not totally pain free.

4 different doctors have all said the same thing-"probably nerve damage or the edge of the mesh touching a nerve, and although this should improve with time (indefinite) it will probably never be 100%".Great!


Best of luck.
Niall T.

:eek: **** thats news i didnt want to hear! sorry to hear that, i thought a hernia procedure was straight forward, guess i was abit naive!