Whether you can exercise after 20 days of hemorrhoid surgery depends mainly on the type of surgery and the recovery of the surgical incision. If it is external hemorrhoidectomy, you can recover after 20 days and can exercise properly. If it is a circumferential mixed hemorrhoidectomy, there is no recovery at 20 days after the operation, and no exercise is allowed.
1. External hemorrhoidectomy: External hemorrhoidectomy is usually performed under local anesthesia, and you can recover in about 2 weeks. Therefore, 20 days after the surgery can be appropriate exercise, such as slow walking, jogging, the exercise range should not be too large, to avoid causing friction, tearing, pain and so on the wound.
2. Circumferential hemorrhoidectomy: Circumferential hemorrhoidectomy is a more serious type of hemorrhoids, which requires surgical resection of more tissues, larger trauma, and no suturing of the incision, the postoperative recovery time will be longer, and it will take at least about 3~4 weeks to recover. Therefore, no exercise is allowed 20 days after circumferential mixed hemorrhoidectomy before recovery.
Therefore, 20 days after hemorrhoid surgery, it is recommended to determine whether you can exercise or not, taking into account your own actual situation as well as your professional doctor’s opinion.