Training Considerations Around Deviated Septum Surgery

Medical Q&A [Moderated]
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Hello!

I recently learned that I have a “severely twisted deviated septum”, and will likely be undergoing surgery in a couple weeks to address that. I was told that I should not lift anything heavier than a gallon of milk following the surgery for a period of about three days until I get the “all clear” from the doctor; I was told that I could get a severe nose bleed from the pressure increase that comes with lifting weights. To further complicate things, I am currently running a fat loss phase which this surgery falls right in the middle of. I was thinking that since I will be undergoing surgery and probably not lifting weights for a few days, I should bump my calories back up to maintenance levels until I start lifting weights again.

Does this sound like a reasonable plan? Is there anything that I could do better here with regards to my training and diet?

Thank you!

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It is totally fine if you’d like to do that, but I think you are over-estimating the degree of what manipulating these things for a few days after surgery will actually accomplish. In other words, within a few weeks, a few months, or certainly in a year – it will have made no significant difference whether you kept your calories low or increased them to maintenance within these few days.

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I just had this surgery 3 weeks ago. For the first 3 days, you will not want to pick up anything

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