Exercising after FFS?

[Justarandomname]

I'm at about 7 weeks post ffs and was wondering if anyone knew about when you can start exercising and at what intensity.  I still have quite a bit of scabbing that hasn't fully healed and of course, the swelling.  I am getting a bit bored of just walking and really miss my runs and work outs.

[rmaddy]

My surgeon said a couple months, but I'm getting breast augmentation simultaneously.

[Doreen]

I'm at about 7 weeks post ffs and was wondering if anyone knew about when you can start exercising and at what intensity.  I still have quite a bit of scabbing that hasn't fully healed and of course, the swelling.  I am getting a bit bored of just walking and really miss my runs and work outs.

I started working out about 2 months after if I recall right, as long as you take it easy and listen to your body signals I think (personally ... not any sort of medical advice) its ok.   I DID get tired easily, but then I have a lot more issues than just ffs going on too.

[DanielleBasel]

This I can understand completely... :-D

I started with my gym workouts 3 weeks after FFS. And jogging after 3.5 weeks. Both slightly and very subtile, so that I felt secure that nothing will break.

And from the moment I started workouts again my haling progress rocked started... And I felt super after a short time!

So it depends on you and your healing of course... But I think you're save to restart again. But listen to your body and don't force and don't overdue... And you'll see, that your feeling on how much you can do will be there so soon!

Good luck and enjoy...
Danielle

P.S. Keep us updated!

[Justarandomname]

I started working out about 2 months after if I recall right, as long as you take it easy and listen to your body signals I think (personally ... not any sort of medical advice) its ok.   I DID get tired easily, but then I have a lot more issues than just ffs going on too.

Thank you, I think I will wait a few more weeks before I start.  I feel like my body can handle the workout, just that I get mild headaches at the moment when I run.

This I can understand completely... :-D

I started with my gym workouts 3 weeks after FFS. And jogging after 3.5 weeks. Both slightly and very subtile, so that I felt secure that nothing will break.

And from the moment I started workouts again my haling progress rocked started... And I felt super after a short time!

So it depends on you and your healing of course... But I think you're save to restart again. But listen to your body and don't force and don't overdue... And you'll see, that your feeling on how much you can do will be there so soon!

Good luck and enjoy...
Danielle

P.S. Keep us updated!

Thank you, I think I'm more so worried about the swelling.  I've read from an ffs surgeon's recommendation somewhere that having an active lifestyle will postpone the swelling and will cause facial swelling to take longer to go down.  So, I guess that's the trade off, get some workouts in and wait longer for my swelling or wait a bit more before working out.

Did you notice any headaches from the impact of the jogging at all?  I tried some light jogging and I've noticed that after a few minutes, a mild headache comes on. 

[DanielleBasel]

Thank you, I think I'm more so worried about the swelling.  I've read from an ffs surgeon's recommendation somewhere that having an active lifestyle will postpone the swelling and will cause facial swelling to take longer to go down.  So, I guess that's the trade off, get some workouts in and wait longer for my swelling or wait a bit more before working out.

Did you notice any headaches from the impact of the jogging at all?  I tried some light jogging and I've noticed that after a few minutes, a mild headache comes on.

I had same concerns like you... But I decide to restart slightly. And like I wrote: From this moment the healing process was going even faster... At least that was my feeling and my personal experience. Maybe everyone reacts differently, but for me it even helped for that. I'm also eating very healthy, no drink or smoking... And together with well balanced slight workouts I felt much better. But like I wrote... That was my very personal experience.

And no... I had more or less the "complete package" of procedures done during my FFS. And "my" surgeon had a very hard time, because there was a lot of heavy male attributes to do... So definitely no conservative surgery. LOL... But I never experienced headaches. So I guess I could be happy with that. My whole recovery was perfect anyway...

So may it depends also on the individual body reaction and maybe also about the technique of the surgeon? I don't know...

Take care... 
Danielle

[Doreen]

Did you notice any headaches from the impact of the jogging at all?  I tried some light jogging and I've noticed that after a few minutes, a mild headache comes on.
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The headaches could have a number of causes.  Honestly my best assessment is your body IS still healing, it went through major trauma, and your head is reminding you of this.... its worn down, don't wear me down more!  I get headaches all the time.. pretty much 24/7, and so I try to identify 'oh this is my normal headache', or 'oh too much exercise', so on so forth.

It COULD be from the trauma associated with repeated micro-fracturing along the scar lines (probably the fear), but I personally kind of doubt that.  After this long most of it has reconfigured and now its just a matter of swelling reduction slowly. 

[AlexisRene]

Thank you, I think I'm more so worried about the swelling.  I've read from an ffs surgeon's recommendation somewhere that having an active lifestyle will postpone the swelling and will cause facial swelling to take longer to go down. 

Thanks for the info. Would have assumed after a couple weeks post op, that some exercise would improve the healing process. Obviously within reason & starting slowly.

[Debra]

my surgeon said about 3-4 weeks but he had me walking within the first day or two. Something about walking helped things along for all his patients.

[Dena]

my surgeon said about 3-4 weeks but he had me walking within the first day or two. Something about walking helped things along for all his patients.

Better blood flow but gravity will help pull some of the swelling from your face. It's the same reason for elevate your foot if you injure it.