Patients frequently ask when could they go back to their usual activity like gym, driving and sex (not in that particular order of interest of course). My experience tells me that over precautiousness after herniorrhapy dampens the excitement of a patient but wanton neglect of protocol will end up in recurrence. ON examination of the patient, we usually could not tell when could we allow the patient to go back to any strenuous physical activity. I usually advice gradual entry into his former physical activities. I let him judge whether he could tolerate the pain if there is. Absence of tightness and pain in the area of surgery usually would give a go signal for the patient to have sex, go to the gym and drive his own car in that order of course.
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