Pain in the butt!
August 14, 2007 7:19 PM Subscribe
How can my dad get his butt back in shape?
My 68 year old father was diagnosed with colon cancer. He endured an arduous 10 hour surgery to resection his colon. He is now cancer free and ambulatory, but he has lost a great deal of muscle tone. In particular his gleuts have virtually wasted away, and his buttocks are very flaccid. This makes it painful for him to sit in any given position for more than a few minutes. Since he can't use a Stairmaster for obvious reasons, how can he exercise his gleuts to build them back up? Could something else be causing this pain in his butt? He contends that the discomfort is exactly like one would feel after sitting in one position for a long time.
My 68 year old father was diagnosed with colon cancer. He endured an arduous 10 hour surgery to resection his colon. He is now cancer free and ambulatory, but he has lost a great deal of muscle tone. In particular his gleuts have virtually wasted away, and his buttocks are very flaccid. This makes it painful for him to sit in any given position for more than a few minutes. Since he can't use a Stairmaster for obvious reasons, how can he exercise his gleuts to build them back up? Could something else be causing this pain in his butt? He contends that the discomfort is exactly like one would feel after sitting in one position for a long time.
I think bkeene12 is right on. Google it. Here is one result.
http://exercise.about.com/od/butthipsthighs/tp/butt.htm
posted by JayRwv at 7:51 PM on August 14, 2007
http://exercise.about.com/od/butthipsthighs/tp/butt.htm
posted by JayRwv at 7:51 PM on August 14, 2007
I think Kegel exercises would also help here... it certainly feels like they should.
posted by daviss at 8:28 PM on August 14, 2007
posted by daviss at 8:28 PM on August 14, 2007
My dad had surgery for colon cancer at 63.
He had to have chemotherapy for months after. One of the effects of the chemo was that new tissue growth was retarded - so the skin on his soles, for example, grew quite thin, and he suffered from painful feet. If your dad is on chemo, I would bring this up as a possible side effect. There may be nothing to be done for it.
posted by i_am_joe's_spleen at 8:40 PM on August 14, 2007
He had to have chemotherapy for months after. One of the effects of the chemo was that new tissue growth was retarded - so the skin on his soles, for example, grew quite thin, and he suffered from painful feet. If your dad is on chemo, I would bring this up as a possible side effect. There may be nothing to be done for it.
posted by i_am_joe's_spleen at 8:40 PM on August 14, 2007
"bring this up" = "bring this up with his oncologist".
posted by i_am_joe's_spleen at 8:41 PM on August 14, 2007
posted by i_am_joe's_spleen at 8:41 PM on August 14, 2007
Slow consistent use of an elliptical trainer?
posted by BrotherCaine at 1:16 AM on August 15, 2007
posted by BrotherCaine at 1:16 AM on August 15, 2007
A kneeling leg lift might work (it certainly works for me in bikini season), if he can be on all fours comfortably. You get into table position, keep a leg bent at 90 degrees, and lift it up behind you. Here's an illustration, along with some other exercises that might help.
http://health.yahoo.com/topic/fitness/getstarted/article/prevention/24589
posted by rmless at 9:45 AM on August 15, 2007
http://health.yahoo.com/topic/fitness/getstarted/article/prevention/24589
posted by rmless at 9:45 AM on August 15, 2007
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This was suggested to my mother-in-law by her doc. She started off with only 400 steps per day but now that she is aware of number of steps she is taking she is working to increase it daily.
posted by bkeene12 at 7:49 PM on August 14, 2007