Inguinal hernia - time to recover?

[old goat]

The length of time it takes to get back to normal activity after hernia repair is highly variable. Hope the 3-4 weeks works for you. You'll probably hear from someone who was back to crossfit in a week and someone who was off desk work for 2 months. Good point about getting into skiing shape before you ski--you lose it a lot faster than you get it back. Good luck.

[jstark]

Hello All,

I figured I would give a 7 week update as we head into ski season. Unfortunately I havnt skied yet as we’re having a terrible year in the Midwest (again). I have however been working out in prep for an Alta/Snowbird trip in early Feb.

Bottom line is that I was back to normal activities around the middle of week 2 (working, travel, long walks) but it took til about week 4 to start any real physical activity and I didn’t start bodyweight leg workouts until weeks 5/6. Currently, possibly due to the bodyweight workouts I’m doing, I’m still feeling stiffness and soreness in the general area almost 2 months out. I don’t think it will keep me from skiing at all but I’m a bit surprised I’m not fully back. I have read that I can take up to 6 months to be fully there. Either way, the timelines you read online were pretty much right.

Even though there here is some soreness post 5 weeks it hasn’t stopped me from cycling, light running, body weight workouts, swimming, and jumping. I now look to skiing as well and will report any problems.

[Lee Murian]

Bump. About 3 years after repair I managed to reinjure the hernia. It's small and doesn't really bother me, but I do have another one in my abdomen as well. I feel like I did it coughing but hard to say...I'm pretty active; ski tour, surf, weight train, don't really want to stop. 50th is coming up in a couple months and had some plans...

[old goat]

Birthday or anniversary? Either way, if it's not bothering you and not getting stuck feel free to wait on it until after your plans. Now about those plans--have you heard about this pandemic . . .

I assume you had an open repair as planned. Good chance that if you do have a recurrence they'll recommend a laparoscopic repair--that fixes the hernia from the back side, avoiding the scar tissue from the first operation. Can be done either way though.