Tricep tear

[Vespa103]

Ok this is terrible luck. I was not even lifting. I smacked my arm just above the elbow falling on a cement edge of a wall. Swells up real bad. I go to Doctor get xray etc. He says He thinks I tore tricep. How can you tear a tricep hitting the arm really shity luck. Anyway I have to get an MRI this weak and go see a Ortho Surgeon.

So the question is has anyone torn a tricep. They said ruptured tricep tendon so it needs to be reattached but its the tendon not belly of muscle tear.

Anybody know how long rehab etc will be if I get surgery? Same side I tore a pec 9 months ago damn. Well I never got that fixed maybe they can do both and even remove my gyno while there there. I just got back from a dislocated shoulder in October.

When will the injuries end? Train smart and never try a cagefight or backflip off a cement wall. 1 step forward 3 steps back.

I guess I should start running GH now

 

[palehorse51]

Did it ball up?

Not a doc but when i have wacked my tendon like that it hurts like a mf'er for days and swells up too!!! hopefully it didnt tear!! Ice 20 min on 1 hour off.

 

[Vespa103]

Does it look like this?

 

[palehorse51]

Hard to say if torn....

Bro, hard to say but it looks like swelling from bangin the hell out of it! I just dont get how you could tear it by bangin it? Like i say, ice and throw in some ibuprofin 800mg 2x a day for a week to get that inflammation down so the doc can see WTF is up! also if torn wouldnt it ball up hisher, like by your armpit??? need someone whos been through a tri tear...

 

[Zuke]

Agreed, I thought it would snap up like an elastic?

 

[Steak Helmet]

well if someone is at full contraction, and you hit it hard enough, you and rupture it to a tear....seen it in the medical field a few times.

Well I am pretty sure if your tore it off the bone, it would be up in your rear delt and not down by your elbow...things tear usually from insertion not origin.

Looks like a rupture...pretty bad too

 

[TeamZ]

I did one of mine riding a motorized kate board, I fell with my arm extended and tore the tendon, it took 6 months to heal but it wasn't a total tear, just a partial tear, it looked like yours in the pic except I was black and purple fro my tri to my fore arm!

 

[palehorse51]

OUCH!!

Good point!! when my buddy tore his bicep in jiu jitsu class(small tear) it turned black and blue from the tear, blood collecting inside. the bicep even balled up a little and it wasnt a complete tear. Hey vespa, you got any blood collecting in that arm? may be draining down into your forearm? black and blue at all? seems like a rupture would def cause this.

 

[mikeheavypecs]

yeh bro I completely detached my tricep tendon (also tore it) last April doing behind the neck presses. I had a really good surgeon. It took 6 months before my arm was about 60% of the strength it was before the tear. I am about 80% now. Long recovery period.

Good luck,

Mike