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How Long Will It Take to Walk Straight Again After a Tummy Tuck?

I did my tummy tuck 2 weeks ago, and I still walking bent over. My back hurts in the middle two inches below the shoulder.

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3 Doctor Answers | Asked by sam429 in tampa, fl

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Walking Straight again after a Tummy Tuck depends on Surgical Technique

The hunched over walking like Groucho Marx or "flipped L" depends on the patient's anxiety level and the Tummy Tuck's surgical technique. Having performed hundreds of Tummy Tuck procedures and constantly changing and refining my technique over the years taught me that If the muscle lining is properly numbed during surgery, there will be NO pain after surgery. Instead, the patients only have a feeling of variable tightness and are NOT hunched over. It is the... more

Peter A. Aldea, MD

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Memphis Plastic Surgeon

Posture after a tummy tuck

If you had a full abdominoplasty with fascial plication- it takes a couple of weeks for your posture to straighten- it really depends on how much of a skin resection you had and how 'tight' you are. The abdominal flap gradually stretches and you will be walking tall again.

Disability after Tummy Tuck is Highly Variable

Hi there- There is a great deal of variability between patients (even when their procedures were very similar in detail) with regard to how long they may feel the need to be bent over... In some patients, our aggressive pain control strategies are very effective and they never walk at all bent over... Other patients walk bent over for a few days, and still others seem to feel the need to be bent at the waist for up to 2 weeks (I have only ever had one patient be bent over for long more

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