When Can You Exercise After Liposuction?

After liposuction, I prefer that the patients take 1 week off from work, and refrain from all physical activity that would be considered exercise for 1 month.  Before that you are very likely to hurt yourself with martial arts.

Thank you for your question. I always recommend to my pantients to start exercises tend six weeks after PO, gradually: first, gentle walks without sweating, then, you can go to the gym to do aerobics, and, after four months you can stats with machines exercise and start with light weights, and, if there are no problems, only six months after PO may charge "free weights".
Respectfully,Dr. Emmanuel Mallol Cotes.

Thanks for the question. After a week your surgery area is totally healed and yes you can do gym and also do other activities. I wish you all the best.

Thank you for your question.  I ask that my patients refrain from any exercising and/or heavy lifting for 4 weeks following their liposuction procedure.  Patients can typically return to work in 48 hours, but I stress the importance of no exercising and heavy lifting for the first month since partaking in any of these activities can increase your risk for a complication and increase your post-operative swelling.  Recovery is crucial to your healing process and should not be rushed.  With that said, I would defer to your operating surgeon to discuss their specific post-operative and recovery protocols.  

Moderate exercise can be resumed after one week, depending on the size of the area and how many areas are involved. However you may want to wait for about a month if it's sparring. But you should ask your surgeon.

                  Liposuction
recovery varies from patient to patient. 
We generally recommend that patients take a week off from work following
this procedure.  Occasionally,
patients are able to return to work even sooner.  Patients usually resume all of their normal activities
within six weeks following surgery without restrictions.

                  We
feel that exercise facilitates recovery and because of this, we encourage
physical activity.  However,
strenuous activity and heavy lifting are usually avoided for 5 to 6 weeks
following liposuction.  In your
cases the martial arts would probably fall into this category.  For this reason it’s
probably important to contact your plastic surgeon.  Your surgeon should be able to make an appropriate
recommendation based on your post-operative progress.

Exercise Guidelines after Liposuction

Here is the information I give my patients regarding the recovery process after liposuction including Smart Lipo and other lipo techniques.
Normal activity may be resumed at 2 weeks post operation to tolerance and that would include elliptical and light cardio.  In general, patients may return to office work 3-5 days after the operation, and 14 days for more active employment.  After the operation, exercises are recommended, such as walking immediately and progressive activities beginning on the 14th day, in order to minimize the adhesions between the skin and the deeper tissues. Walking, swimming, or a stationary bicycle can usually begin in a few days after surgery. Specific time periods for resumption of daily activities, work, and exercise with be further discussed by your surgeon post operation.
Early results are seen 10-14 days after surgery, but improvement continues for 4-6 months.  Persistent swelling and irregularities may be present for several months.  If antibiotics are prescribed, they should be taken as directed

While I always encourage my patients to not spend all their time in bed following surgery (leisurely activity minimizes the risk of deep clots in your leg veins and helps with swelling), I would not recommend doing any rigorous physical activity until about 3-4 weeks after surgery. This can even be longer depending on the extent of surgery and how you're recovering.  Therefore, that includes martial arts.

 

Of course there are many different types of martial arts, and you may be able to return to the kind you do sooner depending on their physical vigour (but not 5-7 days after).  For example, the gentle movements of non-contact tai chi might be okay to return to after 2 weeks, but definitely not something like judo or muay thai, which may necessitate more than 4 weeks due to the sparring element. Returning to vigorous exercise so soon after surgery will comprise your recovery, and 5-7 days is too soon.

Depending on the surgeon, light walking may resume with a compression garment as soon as a couple of days after surgery, but your surgeon may say much longer.  Working out aerobically should be delayed for two weeks and more strenuous activity might be done at the same time depending on your surgery and condition. Check with your surgeon.

Going back to physical activity only after 5-7 days is way too soon. I usually recommend waiting 4-6 weeks after surgery. This allows for adequate resolution of swelling and helps mininmize the chance of seroma formation. Good luck. Dr. ES