Is this muscle strain or something more sinister?

Maxthecat
on 6/8/17 5:30 am
RNY on 05/02/17

I was cleared to work out two weeks post op. I tried and it was too soon. My abdomen was very painful and I got very nauseated. I was told to try again four weeks post op. I was sick most of week 4 and am now in week 5. I went to the gym Tuesday and biked 2 miles, speedwalked 1. Yesterday I did a 2 mile walk. Afterwards I felt similar pain as I did 2 weeks post op, although not severe. It felt like my stomach was bruised and would hurt to bend/move. It's gone this morning. Could this just be muscle strain since my abdominal muscles have been so inactive? It feels different than what muscle soreness felt like pre-op, but everything feels different so I am not ruling it out.

I just want to make sure I am not overlooking a concern.

HW: 287 SW: 266 CW: 149.2

Grim_Traveller
on 6/8/17 5:49 am
RNY on 08/21/12

If it hurts, stop trying to do too much. You had major surgery. Stop going to the gym. Take a couple of days off work. If it doesn't feel better, call the doctor.

"Doc, it hurts when I do this."

"Don't do that any more."

6'3" tall, male.

Highest weight was 475. RNY on 08/21/12. Current weight: 198.

M1 -24; M2 -21; M3 -19; M4 -21; M5 -13; M6 -21; M7 -10; M8 -16; M9 -10; M10 -8; M11 -6; M12 -5.

CerealKiller Kat71
on 6/8/17 5:51 am
RNY on 12/31/13

Personally, I think you are trying to do too much too soon.

"What you eat in private, you wear in public." --- Kat

MarinaGirl
on 6/8/17 7:00 am

Ramp up to 2 miles on the bike and 1 mile more slowly. If you haven't been doing these distances for awhile then you need to re-start training at shorter distances. Good luck!

White Dove
on 6/8/17 7:13 am - Warren, OH

Listen to your body. The pain is telling you to slow down.

Real life begins where your comfort zone ends

(deactivated member)
on 6/8/17 9:29 am, edited 6/8/17 2:31 am
RNY on 04/18/17

Yesterday was the first day I have attempted regular activities. I worked all day moving stuff in the basement, doing laundry, going up and down the stairs. Then last night, my abdomen felt like I had done crunches all day. Like you, the soreness is gone this morning. I think if it disappears overnight, we are just working those muscles more than they have been for a while. If it were something that persisted, you might want to get it checked out. What is it they say: No pain, no gain? HA!

But yeah; also, take it slow. No need to abuse your body. It's like weight training: When you lay off your program for a while, you don't walk back in and start lifting where you left off. You have to go back and start at the beginning and work back up.

MsKitty12345
on 6/10/17 11:48 pm
RNY on 12/05/16

Whoa! My doctor made me wait six weeks and then said I could walk ONLY and if I felt pain to stop. You just had major surgery. Give yourself time to heal!!

MsKitty...

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