Scars and muscle growth

Merkavar
Merkavar Posts: 3,101 Member
edited November 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
this might be a little vague.

How is muscles growth of strength affected by deep wounds or surgery.

I have had surgery ages ago, got a large deep scar on my shoulder blade, another down the centre of my chest.

As far as I'm aware these are scars that go all the way through as in muscles were split apart, not just the skin.

Any ideas on how these might affect muscle growth, like the one on my shoulder blade, could it put a limit on how much I can/should lift?

Basically what I'm asking is do muscles heal completely or if they are cut apart never heal completely of are weaker.

Thanks

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  • dbmata
    dbmata Posts: 12,950 Member
    It depends on the types of cuts.

    There are two ways to get a good answer.
    1. Experience.
    2. Your surgeon.

    If you can't just ring up your surgeon. Then see what you can do. You'll find out if one shoulder's strength increases stalls, and the other continues to increase.
  • Merkavar
    Merkavar Posts: 3,101 Member
    Why is there a giant cage/lock over your post?
  • DopeItUp
    DopeItUp Posts: 18,771 Member
    He's been a bad boy.

    I don't think it matters much assuming the muscle healed. Competitive powerlifters have partial/complete tears all the time (including tearing muscle right off of bones) and come back to set world records.

    Only way to know for your own situation is to find out.
  • dougpconnell219
    dougpconnell219 Posts: 566 Member
    DopeItUp wrote: »
    He's been a bad boy.

    I don't think it matters much assuming the muscle healed. Competitive powerlifters have partial/complete tears all the time (including tearing muscle right off of bones) and come back to set world records.

    Only way to know for your own situation is to find out.

    I've always wondered what that was.

    I am destined for one of those cages.
  • tomatoey
    tomatoey Posts: 5,446 Member
    Ask your surgeon or PT, don't experiment!
  • LKArgh
    LKArgh Posts: 5,178 Member
    Normally, your dr should have given you instructions about what types of exercises, physiotherapy etc are safe/needed soon after surgery. If this is not recent, and there is no permanent disability, then it does not matter. Speaking from experience, and based on my dr's advice, for several surgeries :)
  • Merkavar
    Merkavar Posts: 3,101 Member
    aggelikik wrote: »
    Normally, your dr should have given you instructions about what types of exercises, physiotherapy etc are safe/needed soon after surgery. If this is not recent, and there is no permanent disability, then it does not matter. Speaking from experience, and based on my dr's advice, for several surgeries :)

    Yeah it wasn't recent, the surgery. i was just thinking about it recently because this is the first time i have been in a position that i might gain some muscles.

    just curious

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