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No Need for Crunches After Tummy Tuck?

So after a Tummy Tuck are you saying that you should not have to do crunches ever again? They won't be of any benefit? Does a tight ab mean a strong ab? And what about strengthening the core?

Asked 29 months ago by deesee18 in Michigan

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Exercise after tummy tuck

After a tummy tuck it's important to still maintain your weight through diet and exercise. Sit-ups or crunches can be done several months after you have fully healed from the surgery. The purposed of these exercises will be to further strenghten and tone your abdominal muscles. The surgery itself will relocate your muscles back into the proper location or position. The sit-ups will help ensure that they remain strong and help contribute to a flat appearing abdomen. Best wishes, Dr.... more

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William Bruno, MD

Beverly Hills Plastic Surgeon

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Crutches?

I don't want my patients to use crutches or walkers during recovery from tt as it may actually cause a fall. The fascia tightens the muscles and brings the center of gravity in, reducing torque on the spine, which may help with back pain. Only by exercising the muscle will the muscle get strong.

Scott E. Kasden, MD

Dallas Plastic Surgeon

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Post Tummy Tuck exercises

During a tummy tuck, the central muscles in the abdomen (rectus muscles) are repositioned back to the midline. Pregnancy, especially multiple pregnancies, tend to push these muscles out to the side where they can lose efficiency in the sitting up movement. We usually ask our patients to refrain from stomach specific exercises for two months after a tummy tuck. After then, it is very important to "rehab" the stomach muscles to restore abdominal wall tone and contour. In conclusion,... more

Robert C. Bledsoe, Jr., MD

Dallas Plastic Surgeon

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Tummy tuck is for the things that exercise doesn't do

The tummy tuck procedure, like all plastic surgery, is for the parts that you can't accomplish with diet and exercise. The muscle tightening with a tummy tuck is really just bringing the muscles back to their original alignment, not making them stronger. Think of the abdominal muscles as a pair of straps that go from the rib cage to the pubic bone; when the abdomen expands with pregnancy or weight gain, the muscles are pushed apart. But since they contract vertically, they can't pull... more

Richard Baxter, MD

Seattle Plastic Surgeon

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Post-abdominoplasty exercises

Surgery is not a substitute for muscle toning exercises. To get full and stable benefit of your surgery, you should maintain an exercise and toning routine and activity level.

Robin T.W. Yuan, MD

Beverly Hills Plastic Surgeon

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This is not true

You can go back to full activities after tummy tuck. I ask my patient to take it easy for the first six weeks , but there is no restriction after that.