pec surgery and injury questions

[Train]

So I have to get an operation on my pecker.

Just kidding. My pec.

If anyone has had this before (tendor tear repair) let me know? I want to ask you a few simple questions.

I expect my rehab will be as quick as possible. Ill take 300 or 400 mg enanthate a week while rehabing and 3.6 iu Genotropin a day. I might get some IGF, but its pricey and I dont really feel great about UG relabeled stuff.

Anyhow... I was reading that most pec tears occur on the last part of the eccentric movement of a bench press. It said it can push the fibers up to 40 percent past what they are designed to do. Whatever that means.

I wasnt going heavy when I got hurt.

HOW do you prevent these kinds of injuries? It seemed so random. I want to keep getting bigger, but is it possible? Obviously it is. Other people do it... but how to get larger without having muscles tear?

Is it just about stretching and keeping hydrated? Is it that simple?

Thanks yall

Tt

 

[Dad]

It's important to understand a few things about yuor situation.
First, connective tissue is much less vascular than muscle. Also, the cell numbers are much less. This means that it will heal much more slowly than a muscle tear or even bone break would. This is why yuo hear about sprains taking many onths to even as long as a year to heal.

Second, AAS are notorious for there ability to increase muscle size and strength at a much faster rate than connective tissue. Look at Dorian's bicep tear back when he was competing.

Enanthate will probably not help the tendon much. Gh might, don't know about IGF.

Go to Physical Therapy, and do what they tell yuo. Expect this to take at least several months to resolve, depending on the severity of the tear. If it is very severe, surgery, and or a year or so of recovery might be required.

Yuo can still progress by doing anything tat doesn't stress the pec - leg presses, hacks, some back exercises - again, listen to the PT people and surgeons who specialize in this.

Best wishes - I know it's frustrating, but it WILL heal!

 

[littlemack]

Hi Train,
I've had this surgery and I think I was the one to post that quote. lol. Anything you need, just let me know. Do you know if the tendon popped off the bone or did the muscle tear away from the tendon? If it popped off the bone then its an easier deal than if the muscle tore away from the tendon at the musculotendonous junction. I recovered from my pec tear within about 6 months without any gear or anything like that. Took about a year to develop scar tissue though. My pec tore away from the tendon. Also, yes tendon's don't have a real good blood supply but I found that a diet with a good amount of protein and lots of green veggies helped speed up my recovery. Good luck with it and shoot me a PM. If I did use gear then I'd look into deca.
Cheers!

 

[Neanderthal]

did you get a cramp in the chest when it happened

I ripped a hole in the pec major and my pec cramped up at the bottom of a bench press with 315 on it ( a weight I could do 8 times). I dont know if yours cramped up like mine did but after I had alot of time on mine hands to read on nutrition, I read about how potassium when help with cramps. The recommended daily allowance for potassium is 3500mgs. I like mine around 4-5000 a day which makes me alot less stiff and also doesnt make me acutely sore after training. Lots of water and stretching is a good idea also. Good luck with the surgery and long time no see..

 

[mitcob]

bummed

I had surgery to correct this injury 7/26
I'll be in the sling until 9/4
The nature of the injury was at benching @ 315 - a bench I was very used and definitely below my max . I'd usually go higher without issue so this injury has bummed me out quite a bit.

For those of you who've been there - I'm wondering about the rehab:
duration?
intensity?
how your lifting has been affected?
tips, tricks, or suggestions to optimize recovery time?

I start back at cardio tomorrow - can't wait to get active again.

 

[Vespa103]

You can use all that stuff but it is still going to take time do volume to get blood into the area and use machines. Don't concetrate on it concentrate on legs. Don't even think heavy.

 

[Damage]

Hey Bro sorry to hear about your injury. I had the same injury last fall, trust me I know what you are thinking..what the hell am i gonna do..ah ha.. whatever the fuck it takes, in the least amount of time possible, to get back into the friggn life I know...We all know thats what your thinkin....we wouldn't expect anything less of ourselves. Fact is your hurt, major muscle, major rehab..now ask yourself this....how long am I gonna spend my life working out? If its forever take a minimumn of 6 months after surgery with rehab, great diet, supplements, clean out the partying and let yourself recover the best possible. I did this I am now back working out, almost full weights..my body, after the long break has responded by completely changing and seperating the muscles incredibly on its own....my mind is much more connected to the muscles as well....which means my workouts are amazing and my muscle growth definition and pump is like I never could have imagined..I still could fuck up this recovery....you never know...but it did work so far...6 months of living hell...but I can tell you right now that given the chance again I would do exactly the same thing..