There aren’t too terribly many people on the planet excited about the prospect of moving forward with surgery, especially considering the fact that there’s no such thing as a “sure thing” any time you are talking about opening up the human body and tinkering around.

At the same time, modern medicine has advanced to such a level that the bulk of the surgical procedures performed on a regular basis are just as safe as they are going to get, and doctors know exactly how to manage and mitigate most every risk factor that could cause things to go haywire.

Today there is much more risk in not being able to effectively recover from surgery than the actual surgery itself, which is why you’ll want to focus on speeding up your post operation recovery without ever compromising the results you are looking for.

Follow recovery instructions to the letter

Though it seems pretty simple and straightforward enough to follow the recovery instructions you’ve been given by your doctor to the letter, a lot of us decide to veer off course at some point in time for a bunch of different reasons.

Whatever you do, don’t do that!

There is a reason why your doctor wants you to follow your recovery procedure to the letter and it’s because it’s the most efficient way to get you back to better than brand-new as quickly and as safely as possible.

Rest when you are told to rest, exercise when you’re told to exercise, and take advantage of any prescription medications they may have recommended to you. Depending on the surgery you had these could include painkillers and antibiotics.  Painkillers can include strong NSAIDs or opioid medicines such as co-codamol 500/30, which combines 500mg of paracetamol with 30mg of codeine phosphate.

Cleanup your eating habits

You are what you eat, and you can significantly speed up your recovery by choosing healthier meal options and cleaning up your daily diet.

Be sure to drink plenty of water, consume lean protein and complex carbohydrates, and always take advantage of a multivitamin.

Don’t skip any of your follow-up appointments

Depending upon your specific surgical procedure your doctor may recommend anywhere between two and five different follow-up procedures and you’ll want to make every single one of them.

This is true even if you feel as though you’re already completely healed. They’ll be able to push you through a couple of tests to really check just how far along you’ve come and will be able to get out in front of any potential dangers that you wouldn’t have noticed all on your own.