Wear Compression Garments
After you undergo any invasive surgery, especially gynecomastia, you will be encouraged to wear a compression garment to help keep your stitches in place and to prevent your incision site from ripping open. When you are first starting to workout, make sure that you are wearing your compression garments— although it will make working out feel a little different, it will prevent you from injuring yourself in the process.
Avoid Chest
Although you may be approved to workout around four weeks following your surgery, you are still going to have to take it easy at the gym, and that includes avoiding chest workouts for a little while. Because your chest is still healing, you don’t want to interfere with the healing process, and so you should avoid working it out at all costs. Don’t worry, though, before you know it you will have Dr. Rick Silverman’s approval to workout your chest and the rest of your body in the best way possible.
Try Machines Instead of Free-Weights
If you are a real gym-rat and are used to doing a massive amount of free weights every time you hit up the gym, then you aren’t going to like this recommendation. However, because your body has just undergone surgery and is still in recovery, it won’t be as strong as it once was, which means that you are more prone to injury. As you are healing, try to skip the free-weights and use the machines instead. Because machines are more controlled and help to protect you from injury, you will be better off in the long run.
Schedule A Consultation
By following these tips when you start going back to the gym following gynecomastia, you can help to ensure that you don’t pull any muscles. If you would like to learn more about these recovery tips and more, contact Dr. Rick Silverman’s office today!
