Activity After Tummy Tuck and Intense Zumba Dancing

I agree! Allowing unusual activity 6 weeks but not 5 weeks after surgery  appears arbitrary.  Activities are generally instituted in a gentle way with increasing resistance. It is my guess this surgeon may have experienced adverse results ina patient who resumed normal activities and an earlier date.

Thank you for your question! For my patients having a tummy tuck procedure, I recommend they take 10 days off of work, 3 weeks off of cardio at the gym, and 6 weeks off of weight training and yoga exercises. For intense Zumba, 6 weeks off is recommended. Best of luck!

Generally, I suggest patients gradually ease back into the strenuous aerobic exercise 4 to 6 weeks postoperatively, assuming that they are doing well and there have been no complications.  Teaching/supervising,  depending on how much "core" involvement there is can be resumed sooner. Lower body exercise can generally be resumed 2 weeks postoperatively.  Use common sense, listen to your body, and gradually resume previous activity.  Best wishes. 

Every surgeon is a bit different and under different circumstances there are different directions. In general, I allow my patients if they have healed well to start aerobics by about 3-4 weeks and heavy lifting by about 6-8 weeks.