They had to spend the next two days training Gaara's muscles to work properly again, before they could begin with ninja training again. Gaara recovered quickly, though Sakura wasn't really surprised. His energies may have been essentially sealed off, but his body had been strong to begin with.
Nearly dying seemed to have improved his mood too. They hardly argued at all in the week following that incident, and Gaara even went so far as to cook dinner for her once. Sakura made him promise never to do it again, but the thought was there anyway.
Strangely, Sakura started to feel happy.