ab strengthening exercise

March 27, 2006

I know this may sound corny but for those of us with full a/p fusion and no

bending movement and after having abdominal hernias from the revision

anterior slice and dice job my surgeon was so kind to do anyway my abs were

as strong as they possibly can get in the gym with free weights and in the

pool and then i have to be really careful about pulling another hernia which

is as easy as sneezing too hard or coughing too hard. I know i have done

that too! soooo. I was watching Home shopping network at 1am when backpain

gets me and I bought this Slendertone belt. It was $119.00. 30 days or

moneyback. I really like it. it works. Its made by a medical company. Its

basically a tens unit with three pads and its a belt style you wear it

around your waist and the three gel pads contact over your abdominal muscles

areas/zones and your muscles contract and relax. My abs are doing crunches

while I am reading in bed for 20 minutes. It is great and I noticed a

difference within the first week doing it once a day. and yes i had some

muscle soreness as if I had done one too many crunches without doing them

and for someone that cant physically do them it is a blessing to be able to

try and get my six pack abs. It will help support my back and when I go and

have my next abdominal repair next year my muscles will be tight and strong.

I give it a 9 out of 10 just because I have not found anything better to do

the job yet. Its really good. They make a male and female version. I am so

happy with the product this is from a exercise challenged person. lol....go

for it

wishing you many peaceful moments

TwistedSister in NJ

1982 Scoliosis Harrington fusion, 1998 Revision A/P Surgery for Flatback

Syndrome, 1998 Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, 1999 Degenrative SI Joints,

2000 Weight Loss Surgery, 2000 Spinal Hardware Removed, 2001 Cervical

bulging discs, 2002 Arachnoiditis, 2002 GERD, 2002 Adhesions, 1993 Mitral

Valve Prolapse, 1996 Fibromyalgia, 2001 Kidney Stones,

2003 Interstitial Cystitis, May 2003 Anterior spine hardware removal

** LIFE IS UNCERTAIN.............EAT DESSERT FIRST **

Harrington Rod scoliosis people and other post-op multiple spine surgery

people may interested in the following website dedicated to Flatback

Syndrome and revision/salvage spine surgery... " Salvaged Sisters of

Scoliosis " website on Delphi Forums at:

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