Whether you’ve had a hernia repaired surgically or are just beginning to notice symptoms, physiotherapy can often help you manage them.
Muscles and tissues can rupture due to excessive pressure, which results in a hernia. Massive pressures on the tissue can quickly cause this damage, but it can also occur slowly with repeated exposure.
Hernias come in a variety of forms, including the following:
- The most frequent hernia, the inguinal hernia, affects the groin area.
- The Hiatus hernia is a condition in which part of your stomach protrudes up through the diaphragm into your lungs.
- About 20% of those who have had abdominal surgery later on, develop an incisional hernia (laparotomy)
- Reduce pressure on the tissue (e.g., treating poor breathing mechanics)
- Strengthening the supporting tissue are two of the basic goals of physiotherapy (e.g., deep core strengthening)
- Assist by using compression support