I am having abdominoplasty surgery and I'm worried that my recovery will be effected by returning to my office job 3 wks post surgery. I work 3 days a week and sit at a desk. I'm having surgery to repair the gap in my stomach muscles (diastisis recti) which I have following 2 pregnancies. We have 2 children and my husband will be off work for 8 days post surgery. Please can you let me know if I am giving myself enough time to recover before looking after our children and returning to work.
January 9, 2017
Answer: Returning to an office job after abdominoplasty. I think that most patients can return to a sedentary job at 2 weeks following the tummy tuck procedure.
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January 9, 2017
Answer: Returning to an office job after abdominoplasty. I think that most patients can return to a sedentary job at 2 weeks following the tummy tuck procedure.
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April 4, 2018
Answer: Recovery after tummy tuck After tummy tuck surgery, I advise the patients to take two weeks off from work. The patients may return to work, but may not engage in any strenuous activity. At two months, the patients start low impact cardio. At three months they can engage in more strenuous physical activity. If anything hurts or causes swelling, we ask them to back off somewhat. If you exercise or do some particular activity that results in pain or swelling you are doing too much for your personal recovery at that time. Not everyone heals the same. You need to make sure that you don’t cause more swelling. Fighting the swelling or working through the pain will certainly backfire. I prefer the patients to stay in town for two weeks if they from more than 2-3 hours away. I do not allow patients to fly before 2 to 3 weeks at the very minimum.
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April 4, 2018
Answer: Recovery after tummy tuck After tummy tuck surgery, I advise the patients to take two weeks off from work. The patients may return to work, but may not engage in any strenuous activity. At two months, the patients start low impact cardio. At three months they can engage in more strenuous physical activity. If anything hurts or causes swelling, we ask them to back off somewhat. If you exercise or do some particular activity that results in pain or swelling you are doing too much for your personal recovery at that time. Not everyone heals the same. You need to make sure that you don’t cause more swelling. Fighting the swelling or working through the pain will certainly backfire. I prefer the patients to stay in town for two weeks if they from more than 2-3 hours away. I do not allow patients to fly before 2 to 3 weeks at the very minimum.
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