Dr. Adam Goldman

And for me, you know, it's not the force of the activity.

So the gym doesn't really affect what we did.

However, the problem is the skin has been damaged.

uh basically interrupted so it's swollen it's irritated we've made a bunch of holes in it oh it sounds terrible bacteria yeah i mean well but the good news is that heals very quickly so bacteria naturally live in our skin we all colonize the staff and strep you know we basically have we're walking petri dishes everywhere in our body our mouth or our anus whatever but the skin is covered

Part of why we don't all get infected is because the skin is intact.

What I generally recommend to people is that for the first three days, no sweaty activities.

No exercise, no baths, saunas.

You don't want to immerse in water because there's a greater chance that the bacteria will now enter and cause an infection.

To prevent infection, you want to keep it clean.

Within three days, even if we did a lot of work,

All the swelling will go away.

Those little tiny holes will close up.

And it's perfectly safe to start any activities.

No problem.

But in between, you can work, you can cook, you can clean, you can drive, you can open up stairs.

There's no restrictions.

I just tell you, you know, please don't get all sweaty.

So, you know, the legs in general heal very slowly.

Far from the heart.

And there's a lot of, you know, kind of wear and tear on it because we're obviously upright in our posture and gravity.