TOPIC: How soon after getting your ligs cut can you get back to the gym?

My date is finally set (less than a month!), but I was wondering after my surgery (getting my ligs cut and fat pad liposuction) how long before I can:

1) Get back on the elliptical (right now I normally do an hour at a time)
2) Get back to lifting weights?

And if it\'s a long time for both, is there any kind of exercise one can do while recovering?

I thank you, and I\'m sorry if this is covered elsewhere. I really did search and couldn\'t find anything. That likely means I\'m bad at searching. I\'ll take my lumps for my lack of skills.

I had multiple procedures at once so I can\'t say for sure - but the lig cut was the lightest of the 3 procedures. I think it is safe to assume that anything involving upper body you could do sooner than lower body, and I would stay away from squats, running and treadmill or elliptical for at least a month or whatever your doctor says. It could be crazy to fuck it up by increasing swelling or scar tissue.
ps I would not do anything at all for 2-3 weeks and see how you feel. Swelling and scar tissue will fuck up your procedure. My doctor told me to stay horizontal for 5 days after to promote good healing and I had no complications from the procedure.

Funny, I had the same question. But I was told a little under 6 month.

I am probably the wrong person to ask cause I never listen to the healing times and always go back to the gym too soon. I always assume the Doctors are being extra cautious and go with the way my body feels. But, 6 months is way to cautious. I had ligs cut, grafts put in and grafts taken from my ass on the same day - and I was back in the gym at 2 months or so. I fractured the far left side of my left hand skiing this New Years, and never stopped working out or went to get it set - so thats who you are talking to. I should probably not be giving anyone medical advice

Thanks for the help, hunkydory. I\'m really excited to get the procedure, but I\'m a little nervous about an entire month of no exercise at all. If that\'s what it takes, then I\'ll do it. But since I\'m the opposite of you (I tend to be overly cautious), I just wanted to get a general idea of what I should expect. Thank you!

Good luck FakeRulez. I will be reading your progress.