When can I exercise after SLT laser treatment?

There is no published lifting limit or bending restriction after SLT the way there is after cataract or filtering surgery. BrightFocus Foundation states that laser surgery does not require hospitalization or any change in daily activities. The Glaucoma Research Foundation suggests taking it easy for a day or two after SLT and then returning to your daily routine, and says people can generally resume their normal routine the next day after laser surgery.

Read those two statements together and the practical answer is a short taper rather than a hard restriction. Light walking on the day of or the day after is consistent with the published guidance. Heavier workouts usually fit back in once the eye feels comfortable and any anti-inflammatory drops are finished, which the Glaucoma Research Foundation describes as a couple of days.

One honest caveat. None of the sources cited here give a specific gym, running, or weightlifting timeline for SLT, so any exact number you see elsewhere is somebody's clinic preference rather than published patient guidance. If you lift heavy, do inversions, or swim competitively, ask your ophthalmologist for their own rule.