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Ok Gentlemen,I'm about to give up!!
Last Saturday two of my dogs started to scrap in the kitchen while I was upstairs,my wife was trying to hold them back and was screaming for me to help so I took off running down the stairs...got to the last step and felt/heard that fucking familiar POP(when a tendon lets go)on my right leg behind my knee and immediately fell to the ground.
Separated the dogs,then had the wife take me to the ER. Can't put any weight at all on my right leg. Doc confirmed my thoughts that I tore my gastrocnemius up under the knee. Gave me crutches and sent me on my way. MRI today@10:30am. Underside of knee is black/blue/green etc as expected.
I'm so mad,I don't know ANYONE who has torn 5 major tendons in little over a years time!!!! Laying on the stretcher at the ER,I told my wife there is no fucking way it's a coincidence that I'm rupturing tendons/muscles like it's going out of style.
All of these injuries started in the time frame of when I was 1st prescribed Lipitor,Plavix,Toprol XL,and Imdur for my heart issues back in July of 2018.
A quick google showed that Statins(Lipitor) have a negative effect on tendons:
Statins and tendons
Muscle effects are the most common reported adverse effects of statins. Statin users were more likely to report musculoskeletal pain (5). ... Statins may increase the risk of tendon rupture by altering matrix metalloproteinases activity (8).Apr 1, 2012
Tendon, tendon healing, hyperlipidemia and statins - NCBI
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov › pmc › articles › PMC3666488
Since I started taking Lipitor in July '18,I've torn:
07/2018-distal rupture,left bicep(gym related)
06/2019-ruptured all 4 rotator cuff tendons,left shoulder(non gym related)
10/08/2019-ruptured all remaining rotator cuff tendons,right shoulder(non gym related)
10/08/2019-ruptured long head of right bicep(non gym related)
11/03/2019-ruptured gastrocnemius,right leg(non gym related)
WTF is going on?!! I'm not doing anything extreme or lifting ridiculously heavy weights,but shit keeps ripping off the bone. I can say that right now is one of the lowest points of my entire life. I'm trying to stay positive but seriously,but I'm started to get depressed.
Still having my 1st of two shoulder replacements on 11/27/19,so just imagine how fucking painful it is to utilize crutches to walk. Supporting my body-weight and trying to walk on crutches with two shoulders that are basically damaged beyond conventional repair is just fucking ridiculous.
Any/all aspirations of doing a Master Physique in 2020(or ever!) are fucking gone.
Rant over,thanks for listening to me bitch and moan :banghead:
Last Saturday two of my dogs started to scrap in the kitchen while I was upstairs,my wife was trying to hold them back and was screaming for me to help so I took off running down the stairs...got to the last step and felt/heard that fucking familiar POP(when a tendon lets go)on my right leg behind my knee and immediately fell to the ground.
Separated the dogs,then had the wife take me to the ER. Can't put any weight at all on my right leg. Doc confirmed my thoughts that I tore my gastrocnemius up under the knee. Gave me crutches and sent me on my way. MRI today@10:30am. Underside of knee is black/blue/green etc as expected.
I'm so mad,I don't know ANYONE who has torn 5 major tendons in little over a years time!!!! Laying on the stretcher at the ER,I told my wife there is no fucking way it's a coincidence that I'm rupturing tendons/muscles like it's going out of style.
All of these injuries started in the time frame of when I was 1st prescribed Lipitor,Plavix,Toprol XL,and Imdur for my heart issues back in July of 2018.
A quick google showed that Statins(Lipitor) have a negative effect on tendons:
Statins and tendons
Muscle effects are the most common reported adverse effects of statins. Statin users were more likely to report musculoskeletal pain (5). ... Statins may increase the risk of tendon rupture by altering matrix metalloproteinases activity (8).Apr 1, 2012
Tendon, tendon healing, hyperlipidemia and statins - NCBI
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov › pmc › articles › PMC3666488
Since I started taking Lipitor in July '18,I've torn:
07/2018-distal rupture,left bicep(gym related)
06/2019-ruptured all 4 rotator cuff tendons,left shoulder(non gym related)
10/08/2019-ruptured all remaining rotator cuff tendons,right shoulder(non gym related)
10/08/2019-ruptured long head of right bicep(non gym related)
11/03/2019-ruptured gastrocnemius,right leg(non gym related)
WTF is going on?!! I'm not doing anything extreme or lifting ridiculously heavy weights,but shit keeps ripping off the bone. I can say that right now is one of the lowest points of my entire life. I'm trying to stay positive but seriously,but I'm started to get depressed.
Still having my 1st of two shoulder replacements on 11/27/19,so just imagine how fucking painful it is to utilize crutches to walk. Supporting my body-weight and trying to walk on crutches with two shoulders that are basically damaged beyond conventional repair is just fucking ridiculous.
Any/all aspirations of doing a Master Physique in 2020(or ever!) are fucking gone.
Rant over,thanks for listening to me bitch and moan :banghead:
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