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Does Exercising Too Soon Increase the Risk of Capsular Contracture? Am I Doing Damage?

I am 4 weeks post op. I received Mentor 500cc HP Round Silicon Implants placed over the muscle. My PS has cleared me for most activity, but I don't want to do anything that would increase the odds of complications arising. I started working out this week - much lighter than I had previously been doing. I am doing 45 minutes of cardio with 3lb hand held weights. My chest muscles are surprisingly sore, even though no other areas seem to even notice that I've done anything.

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Exercise Does Not Cause Capsular Contracture

Exercising should not increase the risk of capsular contracture. Capsular contracture likely results from some mechanism leading to excess scarring, or as the result of subclinical infection (which may ultimately lead to scarring as a result of prolonged inflammation). Many surgeons recommend implant displacement exercises (for smooth surface implants) as a way to potentially reduce the risk for capsular contracture -- even though implant displacement has never been shown to produce a... more

Exercise and capsule contracture

Exercising should not cause capsule contracture. Some surgeons believe that shifting the tissue around the implants actually decreases the chance of capsule contracture as this helped to keep the pocket open around smooth walled implants.

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