I am 7 weeks post Op from tt/mr. Yesterday while doing light kitchen cleaning like dishes and sweeping, I all of a sudden felt a pain under my right rib cage in my muscle repair area that feels like a pin or needle is sticking in me. Could it be a popped stitch or just a pulled muscle. I feel it when I do certain movements like bending over or twisting or sometimes if I touch it. Should I be concerned.
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May 6, 2018
Answer: Did I pop muscle repair thread or pull a muscle?
Hello,
The only way to corrected diastasis recti is to during the course of surgery correct the muscular mal position back to a normal with sutures. No amount of exercise will fix the problem.
You need to see a board certified plastic surgeon to have the surgery.
At this point 3 years post-op, further passage of time will bring no additional improvements. The "caved-in" belly button could have been prevented with a better design, but surgical revision is required now.Similarly, the upper abdominal "line" appears to be grafted fat just beneath the surface...
It's not uncommon to use dissolvable sutures for repair of rectus diastheis during an abdominoplasty. One of the main advantages of the dissolvable sutures is that you're unlikely to feel the knots if you are somewhat thin. There are also sutures that dissolve at different rates of...
