Strength & Fitness
14 min read
How Should Kidney Transplant Recipients Train? Protecting the Graft, Steroid & Immunosuppressant Effects, Phase-by-Phase Post-Surgery Program, and Countering Post-Transplant Diabetes & Bone Loss
A successful transplant is not the finish line; it is the start of rebuilding a body that dialysis and medication have worn down. Based on the KDIGO transplant guideline and transplant-recipient exercise RCTs, this article explains where the graft sits and which movements to avoid; how prednisolone and tacrolimus affect muscle and glucose; what to train at 0–6 weeks, 6–12 weeks and beyond 3 months; and how training counters post-transplant diabetes, bone loss and cardiovascular risk.