Easy Post Lap Band Surgery Exercising Tips

Exercise is an important part of success after surgery. Exercise actually begins on the day of bariatric surgery – the patient must be out of bed and walking. The goal is to walk further every day after that, including the first few weeks at home. You may be encouraged to begin exercising, limited only by discomfort, after surgery. The type of exercise depends on your overall condition. 

Though it may be intimidating to start exercising if it wasn't a part of your lifestyle before, don't worry and start easy on yourself. Especially after bariatric surgery, you should skip abdominal exercises as well as heavy lifting for the first six to eight weeks as part of your recovery. 

Here's some tips to ease you in:

1. Do something you already enjoy. 

Do you like walking your dog? Dancing? Roller-blading? Exercising doesn't have to be a chore. Pick something that you already like to do and make it a part of your routine.

2. Find a buddy.

Activities are always funner with friends, and having each other as motivators is great as well. Share your goals and support each other to stay in track.

3. Focus on your heart.

For starters, raising your heart rate is important to lead you up into other exercises. Make cardiovascular exercises your stepping stone. So try some light running, bicycling, swimming, jump roping, and power walking in your day.

4. Slow, steady, and stretch.

Don't rush it and ALWAYS remember to stretch no matter what exercise or activity you are starting. This helps get the blood flow going to warm you up, and most importantly, to prevent injury.

5. Hydrate.

Drinking lots of water to stay hydrated is going to be key. Bring a water bottle with you during work outs and reward yourself AFTER work outs too with a hydrating drink or smoothie. 

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All and all, have fun! Nothing is more encouraging than to have fun with your exercising. Don't over think it, start small, and enjoy feeling your heart beat healthier. 

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Hello Blogger World! Let's make an introduction about bariatric surgery.

There are two basic ways that bariatric surgery works to help patients lose weight and improve or resolve co-morbidities: One way is malabsorption and the other is restriction. One common bariatric surgery performed today is the Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery, which uses both methods. In contrast, Las Vegas Bariatric Surgery patients achieve weight loss through the restrictive method only.

Both procedures are considered highly effective and relatively safe. However, in some cases revision bariatric surgery might be necessary to adjust the gastric band or enhance the results of gastric bypass surgery. Dr. Umbach is highly experienced in performing revision bariatric surgery in Las Vegas, and he has helped numerous patients achieve their weight loss dreams.

• Restrictive
• Procedures that use restriction limit the amount of food patients can eat. This is accomplished surgically by creating a small stomach pouch. When eating, the pouch fills quickly and gives a feeling of fullness much sooner. Because patients feel satisfied and full sooner, they eat less.
• Malabsortive
• Procedures that use malabsorption change the body's ability to absorb calories and nutrients from food. The surgeon changes the way food travels through the patient's system. By rerouting food past a large part of the stomach and a portion of the small intestine, some of the calories and nutrients pass through without being absorbed.

Both methods work to help patients lose excess weight, lower their BMI, and transform their health by resolving or improving co-morbidities. Perhaps more importantly intestinal rerouting changes many of the hormones in the GI tract. Some of these hormones regulate hunger and satiety; thus helping to greatly lessen a person's appetite. Bariatric surgery, such as Lap Band and Stomaphyx, has many benefits that can lead to a higher quality of life. However, weight loss surgery also has certain risks, such as the necessity to undergo revision bariatric surgery in Las Vegas, Nevada. Patients should recognize that complications arise rarely and the vast majority of Dr. Umbach's patients are highly satisfied with their results.

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