Hi, my wife was told to wait 7 days after nexplanon insertion before lifting with arms. Does this make sense to you? Seems as though the concern would be exacerbation of bruising from the insertion procedure, I can’t imagine any mechanism that would lead to excess danger of damaging the implant in the first 7 days. Curious to hear your thoughts … as tolerated would seem to be a more logical recommendation if the issue is bruising-related discomfort
I think the concern is mainly related to migration of the device. Though uncommon, there are case reports related to this in the literature. I can’t tell you whether you should lift or not, but this is simply a risk (albeit rare) that you’d be accepting by returning to train sooner.