Before Surgery

The Transplant Team

Physical Therapist

Exercise will improve a transplant patient's circulation, making him feel stronger, helping him avoid excessive weight gain, and increasing his sense of well-being. He or she will set the patient's exercise limits after surgery and will advise when it is safe to increase activity. A patient should ask his therapist to help devise an exercise plan that will be beneficial.



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University of Southern California USC Liver Transplant Program and Center for Liver Disease
1510 San Pablo Street, Suite 200, Los Angeles CA 90033-4612
Phone: (323) 442-5908     Fax: (323) 442-5721
E-mail: uscliver@surgery.hsc.usc.edu