Breast Augmentation: Q&A
Ask a QuestionHow Long to Wait Before I Can Get Back to Cross Fit After Breast Aug?
I was an avid cross fitter, about 5-6 days a week, how long should I wait before I can start doing push/pull ups and heavy weightlifting again?
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How Long to Wait Before I Can Get Back to Cross Fit After Breast Aug?
Every surgeon has their own set of rules and beliefs. Most of us agree that you should not do any heavy lifting more than 10-15 pounds for the first 6 weeks. It is a scientific fact that scars do not have their maximal strength back until the 6 week point. I do not allow patients to do strenuous upper extremity or pectoralis exercises for at least 3 months. Now, I know this is not realistic but you will find many Plastic Surgeons that tell patients they should never do pectoralis exercises...
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In our practice we like to tell our patients to wait 6-8 weeks before lifting anything over 10 pounds. You can work out you lower extremities at 3 weeks but nothing using your arm muscles.
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Exercise and breast augmentation
I usually have patients wait 3-4 weeks after breast augmentation before starting aerobic exercise and then waiting 6-8 weeks to begin rigorous weight lifting or training.
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Cross Fit Exercise after Breast Augmentation?
Thank you for the question. Your plastic surgeon will be your best resource to answer your questions regarding postoperative recovery.
In my opinion, very strenuous activities such as cross fit ( at least those exercises involving upper body) will need to wait at least 2 to 3 months after breast augmentation surgery. Certain exercises such as pull-ups, push-ups, burpee's, pectoralis flies… activate the pectoralis major muscle and can potentially cause implants to move too...
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Return to exercise following breast augmentation
Every doctor has his/her own protocol for resuming strenuous activity following surgery. You should check with your doctor for his/her recommendation. In my practice, patients can resume strenuous activities again after three weeks for almost any procedure that I do.
As far as weight lifting, I tell my patients that implants placed behind the chest muscle push the chest muscle out into the breast. In effect, this chest muscle is now part of the breast...
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