When Can I Return To The Gym After Surgery for a Mummy Makeover?

Added on 22nd November 2019

What factors are considered for me returning to the gym after surgery?

There are many patients that arrive at our practice that have active lifestyles. Therefore, one of the things that tend to be discussed in a consultation is when patients can return to the gym after surgery for a mummy makeover.

This would be dependant on what has actually been performed during the surgery. Commonly, an abdominal plication will take place as women who tend to have children will have tears and damage to their abdominal wall. This is a major factor to be considered if you were looking to perform abdominal exercises as part of your gym routine.

If possible, try to refrain from performing such exercises for around 6 weeks after the surgery has taken place.

Are there other forms of exercising that I can perform?

In terms of exercising such as walking and general low impact exercises, these can be performed immediately but it’s recommended that for the first week you should begin walking only. 

After a week, what you can do will be dependant on the progress of your recovery. 1-2 weeks after, your main concern would be to ensure that you have the right posture.

Beyond 2 weeks, you can begin to perform low impact exercises.

What about the impact it’ll have on my breasts?

For the breast side of things, during your phases of recovery, it’s strongly advised to wear a supportive bra to compress the breasts and ease the pain. With regards to going to the gym after surgery for mummy makeover, the only real exercises that you should avoid doing are chest wall exercises.

Generally, you should be able to go back to your normal routine around 6 weeks after recovery but a lot of this will also depend on what you had performed and your recovery performance in the interim.

If you have any other questions or concerns before you enter surgery, you’ll be able to discuss this through your consultation. Or, you can contact us directly and one of our team will get back to you as soon as they can.

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