Crossfit

I recently had my PM implant 3-25-16 trying to go back very slowly to Crossfit. Any body with a PM have any experience with PM and CF? Doing Cardio at CF and air squats etc... Nothing to compromise my PM.

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CF

by Tracey_E - 2016-04-24 02:04:47

There are quite a few of us here who do CF with few to no limitations. Doctors run the gamut from no restrictions to nothing heavy or overhead, most are somewhere in the middle. My doc said stop if it doesn't feel right and don't do anything stupid lol. He's been my doc for 20+ years and he knows I'm likely to push the envelope. I've been doing CF for 5 years, no issues, no restrictions.

Stick to cardio, core and legs for 6-8 weeks past surgery. Once you get to 4 weeks, impact should be ok so you can try running, jump rope, etc, as long as you feel up to it. Ice if it feels sore after. You can use your arms, just nothing that is heavy or uses full range of motion for 6-8 weeks. After you're healed fully, just ease into it. If it doesn't feel right, back off. You'll be back where you were before you know it, maybe even better than before now that you have a normal heart rate.

Watch where your device is placed. If you clean/front rack the bar and it sits on your device or leads, or if your device is very close to the collarbone, then be careful about going heavier. If your device is low enough that it's not an issue, then go for it. The only thing we really have to worry about is heavy direct pressure right on the leads.

I had a replacement two months ago, my 5th, and they put it in a new spot so I've been taking my time getting back into it. I'm doing everything but the pull up bar, every few days I do a few kip swings to see how it feels. It doesn't hurt but it still pulls so I've been modifying anything on the bar for now. On the bright side, I got within 5# of my PR on clean/jerks yesterday, so yay, progress. Patience is a virtue. Some days I have more than others ;)

You'll be feeling good and back to everything you want to do before you know it! If you have more questions, just ask.

CrossFit

by PeteFindlay - 2016-04-26 12:04:05

I'm just coming up to 2 years post-implant and am very active in CrossFit. I am limited only by my own skill and strength!

Just to reinforce what others have said, 6-8 weeks to let things settle. Don't stay immobile, keep moving, just no heavy loads and keep within the range of motion limits given. Work back up steadily. Work on range of motion before upping the loads. If it hurts, ease off. It will ache, yes, but if you've done CF before you'll know the difference between a bit of an ache and if you're pushing too far! It probably took me another 6 weeks on top of the initial restrictions working on range of motion and scaling before I felt I was fully able to throw myself into WODs at the same level as before.

Mine is buried under the muscle, and I have no restrictions with movements or positions - front rack, ring dips, skin-the-cat... all ok. If yours isn't buried, then as Tracey said, just watch out for anything that could directly impact or rest on the device or leads and modify accordingly.

We MUST have enough for a wired team by now?!

We have to do the exercise on the daily basis

by keboxappal - 2017-10-29 04:44:15

sorry

You know you're wired when...

You have a 25 year mortgage on your device.

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