Umbilical Hernia. Can I still lift after surgery

[floridamane]

I've had a small umbilical hernia for a while and lifted with no problems. It recently got bigger, started hurting, and became strangulated. I was able to avoid emergency surgery because it popped back in while I was in the emergency room. I still have to schedule surgery soon though.

Will I still be able to lift? I understand this isn't the place for medical advice and the doctors will surely give me their recommendation. However, I am interested in the experience of people who actually lift and have gone through this.

[mikeasu]

I've had a small umbilical hernia for a while and lifted with no problems. It recently got bigger, started hurting, and became strangulated. I was able to avoid emergency surgery because it popped back in while I was in the emergency room. I still have to schedule surgery soon though.

Will I still be able to lift? I understand this isn't the place for medical advice and the doctors will surely give me their recommendation. However, I am interested in the experience of people who actually lift and have gone through this.

I did...Inguinal ( I think - just above the navel) hernia last year - labroscopic procedure, permanent mesh. At the two weeks followup, asked the doc if I could ease into it at 50%, increase 10% a week until I get to where I left off at 100%. He had no issues, just as long as there wasn't pain - just said go slow. Only thing I didn't do were chinups. Those took a while to ease back into, so started with pulldowns as I recovered. Been almost exactly a year, no ongoing issues. But then, my hernia was small, no strangulation. Obviously, get the doc's opinion, but that was my experience. Good luck.

[eomrat]

I've had a small umbilical hernia for a while and lifted with no problems. It recently got bigger, started hurting, and became strangulated. I was able to avoid emergency surgery because it popped back in while I was in the emergency room. I still have to schedule surgery soon though.

Will I still be able to lift? I understand this isn't the place for medical advice and the doctors will surely give me their recommendation. However, I am interested in the experience of people who actually lift and have gone through this.

Absolutely you will.

[JimmyJonny]

This is good to know, I was worried. On Monday, Feb 2nd, I'm getting 3 hernias repaired

[Natty1980]

Sure, I had mine fixed 11 years ago (I did not wait for it to come out and get painful though) and I went back to gym after 4-5 weeks.
After 3 months I lifted as if nothing happened.