Exercise After Implant

[olerunner]

I was wondering if you are able to run and exercise after an implant? I enjoy doing those physical activities daily and worry that an implant will be painful and therefore limit those activities. I would appreciate any thoughts anyone may have. thanks again!

[LMCatman]

I was worried about bicycling.....no problems....I'm not really athletic but I have small grandchildren and we do swimming, bicycling, go-kart racing, kayaking, tubing on the 'Hootch....no issues at all.........that said, my first implant was "botched" and everything was painful for a year until I had a "revision". Even so, I did all the "grampa things", even if painful. Revision was two years ago and all issues were "fixed"...... Good Luck!!!

[Metraman]

I had mine 11 days ago at the 5 day mark I started walking a mile at 7 days I was doing that and coming up 11 filghts of stairs. I hope to get the OK to get back to some real excersize soon, Thursday I'll get my staples out and fly home. I believe each doctor (MD Perito) is different mine seems to have a really good technique.

[LMCatman]

Dr. Perito did my revision - fixed everything the other guy had f***ed up....Dr. Perito is my hero!!!!

[merrix]

I am five months out from surgery. I have been doing it all in terms of exercise from about 2-3 months after surgery.
Now I play tennis (serious 5.0 level singles), lift weights (deadlifts 420 pounds for reps, squats 330 pounds for reps) and there are no issues. I don't ride bike for exercise, only for leisure transportation - but even that is no problem. Walking, running is absolutely no issue whatsoever.
So in short - if your doc does a good job, you can do whatever exercise there is.

Maybe the only reservation would be some sort of hard full-contact sports. I am not so sure I would like to do some full-contact kick-boxing, MMA etc. Wouldn't want to risk getting a powerful kick in my lower abs which could destroy reservoir, tubing etc.
But I am sure there are guys who do that as well and who can confirm it works.

Good luck.

[OttoHS]

I rode my road bike for the first time approximately 6 weeks after surgery. I was implanted by Dr Kramer and initially he told me not to ride for eight weeks. But, the weather was good and I felt good, too. I had an email exchange with Dr Kramer and he said to give it a try, but take it slow and easy. I did a 20 mile ride at a slow pace. The ride went well and the rest is history. If you are implanted by a skillful surgeon, you should be able to do most exercise within a reasonable time of your surgery.

[KMeister]

I was wondering if you are able to run and exercise after an implant? I enjoy doing those physical activities daily and worry that an implant will be painful and therefore limit those activities. I would appreciate any thoughts anyone may have. thanks again!

I resumed my moderate exercise routine which includes push-ups, leg raises and a 60 to 90 minutes walk five days a weak. If I could do more I wouldn't. At almost 59 that's enough for me. The implant doesn't interfere with the exercises.

KMeister

[roninhouston]

Do a search on this topic, there have been a couple threads on this subject.