I’m due to have a sinuplasty for a deviated septum over the next few months. The hospital has told me that I shouldn’t exercise for 2 weeks post surgery which will be difficult as I have a big cycle event in the summer which I’ll be training for. Anyone had any experience with sinuplasty and exerci…

I had a sphenoidotomy 20 years ago, with some work on the uvula at the same time. It did not go too well and i had a lot of bleeding just after the surgery. It took a really long time for me to start breathing by the nose again (i would say a couple of weeks, but that’s 20 years ago, i’m not sure). …

Thanks both for the input. Sounds like you had very different experiences.

Mine was a long time ago, and the doctors screwed up. I’m sure you will have a much better experience than me.

I took a few days off while the packing was in my nose, then came back with easy rides for a couple days and was good to go. But I would go with what your doctor says within reason.

I wasn’t training when I got mine done (septum-straightening and turbinate reduction), but I didn’t rest as much as I should have. I did a 4 hour drive something like 3 days after the surgery and it was more than I should have; my body was repairing itself and couldn’t really spare the energy. I’d t…

Thanks for all the replies folks.

I’ve had 2 sinus surgeries. First one included deviated septum correction and I was definitely slower to recover but started easy riding on the 10th day. After just a few workouts, I felt ok adding in sweetspot and threshold. The second one was largely polyp/sinusitis related and I recovered much so…

[image] gcarver: I’ve had 2 sinus surgeries. First one included deviated septum correction and I was definitely slower to recover but started easy riding on the 10th day. After just a few workouts, I felt ok adding in sweetspot and threshold. The second one was largely polyp/sinusitis related an…

Hey guys, so had the procedure on Friday. I felt that breathing had improved quite a bit immediately after, but overnight the normal nasal blockage commenced. Have to say it’s pretty miserable recovery, not so much pain, but just being wiped out / struggling to breathe / poor sleep.

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