I thoroughly recommend getting a physical therapist who will gently ease you back into core strength.
I'm going now (I waited my 8 weeks after surgery to get weight restrictions lifted) and although it is hard and I go home sore, it has helped me so much. I'm going 3 times a week currently.
I realize that it may be the last thing on most people's minds after a surgery but if your insurance will pay for its a very good thing to do, especially since stoma is basically a surgically created hernia. Doing this may help save others from herniating, prolapsing and ripping open stitches.
Anywho... it wasn't offered to me after surgery- I had to ask for it, but you can get a script for it. Just make sure you call around to different PT offices and see if they can do core strengthening for someone with a stoma post op. I found that its not very common and that a lot of offices don't do core strengthening for stuff like this.
I'm going now (I waited my 8 weeks after surgery to get weight restrictions lifted) and although it is hard and I go home sore, it has helped me so much. I'm going 3 times a week currently.
I realize that it may be the last thing on most people's minds after a surgery but if your insurance will pay for its a very good thing to do, especially since stoma is basically a surgically created hernia. Doing this may help save others from herniating, prolapsing and ripping open stitches.
Anywho... it wasn't offered to me after surgery- I had to ask for it, but you can get a script for it. Just make sure you call around to different PT offices and see if they can do core strengthening for someone with a stoma post op. I found that its not very common and that a lot of offices don't do core strengthening for stuff like this.