What Exercises Are Safe 3 Weeks After Breast Implants?

I advise my patients to not do anything that works up a sweat for 3 weeks.  After that, aerobic exercise is ok in moderation, but everything should be a gradual transition back to full activity.  If something feels weird or you are worried, then start slower.  I would be more careful regarding anything with your upper body.  I advise my patients that there is no lifting, pushing, pulling, straining, etc for 6 full weeks after this surgery.  Even isolated arm work can engage the pec muscles, so I do not recommend ay upper body work at all for 6 weeks.  

Every patient undergoing a breast augmentation wants to know when they can get back to their normal activity. In my practice I tell my patients that it is safe to do lightweight upper body activity, such as putting an infant back into their crib or bringing in a light bag of groceries, after the first week. Patients are instructed not to do any activity which causes a significant increase in their heart rate for the first three weeks. This means avoiding cardio exercise such as running on a treadmill. At one month after surgery I lift all restrictions for my patients and encourage them to resume their normal activity. At that time it's okay to do whatever they feel comfortable doing. Of course they are told to use common sense and start slowly but weightlifting and intense exercises okay. Since the risk of bleeding after surgery is possible it is important to do whatever we can to avoid that, which means following a restricted activity program for the first month after surgery. I hope this helps.

I tell my patients to start light cardio after two weeks with gradual increase of activity until six weeks when they can do competitive sports or weight lifting. I think it helps to avoid pectoralis muscle work outs for many months after as they tend to push the implants laterally and strain easily.Although patients feel good, it pays to allow time to recover.