Doing exercises after surgery is a common question as people would likely want to be fit as soon as they can. Dr. Choi talks about doing crunches after a Hiatal Hernia Repair. When do doctors normally recommend this sort of activity after this specific surgery.
Can You Do Crunches After A Hiatal Hernia Repair?
The answer is yes, I probably would want to wait at least six to eight weeks so that the fixation and all the suturing is steady, and then we would slowly implement crunches and abdominal exercises so that you could get your abdominals back to where they were before.
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