This week on Lipstick and Lipo we are answering a viewer question that we hear often what does recovery look like if you have a physical job or an active lifestyle?

Whether you are a hairdresser, a yoga teacher, a warehouse worker or someone who cannot imagine six weeks without CrossFit, this episode is for you.

Recovery after surgery is not one size fits all and planning for it is just as important as the surgery itself. We talk about realistic timelines, what your body is doing during recovery, why listening to it matters more than any list of restrictions, and why the people who rest well in the beginning are the ones who bounce back fastest.

What You’ll Learn:

• Why planning your surgery recovery is just as important as planning the surgery itself.
• What a realistic recovery timeline looks like for active patients and physical jobs.
• Why your body is working harder than you think even when you feel fine after surgery.
• Why three weeks and six weeks are the two most important milestones in recovery.
• What hairdressers, yoga teachers and other physically demanding jobs should expect.
• Why the arbitrary 10 pound lifting rule may not apply to you.
• Why resting well in the beginning is what gets you back to full activity fastest.
• Why your body will give you its own restrictions after surgery and why that matters more than a list.

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