Competing in a Mud Run After a Breast Implants?

If all has gone well, I release my patients to "BEGIN to resume all normal activities" at 6 weeks post-op.  So theoretically if all has gone well with your recovery you could do that. You will not be fully conditioned within a month, so don't stress the system.  Best of luck to you. James E. Chappell, MD, FACS, Annapolis Maryland

Thank you for your question. You definitely want to follow your own surgeon's post-op activity instructions. This is a general guide I give to my patients:
1) No heavy lifting or strenuous activity for 6 weeks.
2) Resume walking at a leisurely pace right after surgery (e.g. 2 mph)
3) At 2 weeks, you can walk 2 miles at 2mph
4) At 3 weeks, you can walk 3 miles at 3mph
5) At 4 weeks, you can walk 4 miles at 4mph
6) At 5 weeks, you can jog 5 miles at 5mph
7) At 6 weeks, you can resume all activities, but listen to your body and use discomfort or tightness as a guide so you don't over do it.If you feel good 2.5 months after your surgery and are pretty active, you should be ok for the mud run.  I would build up to it and listen to your body and also check with your plastic surgeon prior to the run.

The decision to release you to this activity resides in the hands of your surgeon. In my practice patients who are doing well a four weeks are permitted to return to full athletic activity.

I generally release my patients to full activity by 8 weeks after surgery. If you have had any complications this time frame may not apply. I suggest you ask your surgeon, but it should be ok. 

I advise my patients not to exercise for the first 2 weeks after breast augmentation and then slowly start to get back into it slowly. If it hurts, stop. I think the two month gap between surgery and your mud run should be fine - although obviously it will interrupt your training.

Good luck with it all.