Comprehensive Hernia Carein New Jersey

Abdominal Core Rehabilitation and Nutrition Counseling

To achieve the best possible outcome after hernia surgery, we believe you have to treat the entire patient, not just the hernia. We use a multidisciplinary team approach, including physical therapy and nutrition, to give our patients the most optimal results.

After undergoing abdominal hernia repair, a patient’s body has a new ability to stabilize its “core.” Rehabilitation of the core after these operations is important to maintain function and flexibility and can help reduce pain. We have developed a protocol to help each patient regain function and restore abdominal core health. Physical therapy can begin as soon as several weeks before your hernia procedure and continue post-operatively.

There are two basic options for pre and postoperative hernia physical rehab. The first is a comprehensive, self-guided physical therapy booklet that will be given to you (which is also available on our website). The booklet is specifically focused on abdominal core rehab and can be performed at home at your own convenience.

We are also working with Sportscare, a well-established physical therapy group in NJ, where their highly skilled and trained physical therapists are looking forward to taking care of our patients and providing individualized care for the best possible outcomes.

Once a patient has decided to undergo surgery, we will provide them with Sportscare appointments (located in several locations throughout NJ), where your physical therapist will work with you on our hernia protocol. They will also receive post-op instructions for self-guided stretches and exercises to perform at home.

We now also offer nutrition and weight counseling with Perla Nelson, RDN, that includes individualized meal plans and medical weight loss. We believe in setting our patients up for success by preparing the body for their upcoming procedure. The chances of a recurrent hernia in some overweight patients can be significantly higher, so by coming up with a personalized weight loss plan, our goal is to give our patients all the tools necessary for a successful surgery, and a happy healthy future.

Being a comprehensive hernia center, we strive to offer our patients the most complete care, from their first visit in our office, through surgery, to recovery and beyond. We look forward to working with each patient, and treating them as we would our own family.