Concerned with pain management with diastasis recti repair?

Pain and reaction to pain are very personal and idiosyncratic. As such some methods of pain management work great on some people and not so well on others.The use of oral pain medication, possibly supplemented with local anesthesia injections at the operative site during the surgery, have been used for years with great success. The use of a pain pump and the exparel are recent and do decrease the amount of pain medication that is used after surgery. The problem is that they do add expense to the procedure. If the patient or the doctor are willing to bear that expense they do add to the comfort level. Ultimately, do not be afraid even without these modalities. Pain pills have been the mainstay of pain management after a tummy tuck. Speak to your Dr regarding your concerns and see what he has to say also.

thanks for your question. If your surgeon does not use exparel or on q pain pump, you can ask him or her to inject Marcaine long lasting anesthetic to your muscles or fascia, then start taking flexeril and Percocet when you get home. The Marcaine lasts about 4 hours so this can help during the drive home! Good luck and take care!