Pec tear-next steps

[bloodshed]

So last Tuesday I tore my pec bench pressing. Initially my surgeon believed it was the tendon tearing off the humerus, and the plan was going to be surgery to anchor it back on and PT from there. I just got my MRI results back and reviewed them with the surgeon and found out that the muscle actually tore in two. He gave me the bad news that surgery is not possible, but the good news that this will heal, sort of, but never be as strong as it once was.

Here is where I’m curious. Right now I’m just taking TRT at 100mg a week of test C. I’m also going to be implementing BPC and TB500.

I have more test, ment, Anadrol, and dbol on hand. Since it is a muscle injury, would upping my dose and adding one or multiple of those compounds in help to improve recovery? For those who have had similar injuries, has anything like this worked for you? I can’t really find any literature on this aside from some reference to rat studies where it may be beneficial.

 

[Sectør]

Another victim of the bench press I swear that exercise causes more injuries than anything

Are you on gh currently? That should speed up the healing considerably with the peptide combo you listed.

Anavar and deca could also improve collagen synthesis which could help, although maybe an oral isn’t the best route. Maybe some low dose deca could be beneficial?

 

[bloodshed]

I’m not on GH but I’m taking CJC pre bed

 

[01dragonslayer]

TB-500/BPC-157/GH protocol...

....search for 'Total Body Repair'.

 

[qbkilla]

Fucking flat bench. Back in 08 345 for 5x5 got me, belly, but not complete so no surgery. How much you have on there?

 

[UnholyAlliance]

I gave up barbell flat bench myself after damaging my right rotator a few years ago and now just a few sets with the 95lb'ers does it. Not worth the risk of pec tears for me as came within a whisker of getting one many times.

Here's to you making a recovery where you can, brother!

 

[Denkall75!]

Same thing happened to me a few years back. Healing just took some time and I have a slight depression when I flex that pec. I like a few of the other gents here just use dumbbells now. I used CJC/TB and it helped. I wish you the best of luck in your recovery sir.

 

[bloodshed]

Fucking flat bench. Back in 08 345 for 5x5 got me, belly, but not complete so no surgery. How much you have on there?

Always flat bench. Had 315 on the bar, happened on the descent into 4. It’s a full depth tear with a 5cm gap. But it’s muscle belly so surgery is impossible

 

[LATS]

Tore mine wrestling a inmate.. I never flat bench.. it was not the tendon but the fibers pulled away from the tendon.. relaxed you can't really notice it.. no strength loss that I can tell.. but.. I do notice a " line" in my lower pecs that runs across my chest.. kind of like a separation.. I was back training in 3 weeks.. no pain.. just a bit cosmetic ..

 

[bloodshed]

Tore mine wrestling a inmate.. I never flat bench.. it was not the tendon but the fibers pulled away from the tendon.. relaxed you can't really notice it.. no strength loss that I can tell.. but.. I do notice a " line" in my lower pecs that runs across my chest.. kind of like a separation.. I was back training in 3 weeks.. no pain.. just a bit cosmetic ..

I wish I was so lucky. Pain isn’t as bad as you’d think, 3/10 maybe. But the bruising is insane. I look like I was hit by a truck. My entire left arm from the elbow up, the underside of my forearm, my entire left chest and as of right now 3/4 of my right chest, and going down into my abs and around to my back are all just a big dark bruise.
Im hoping I can at least train my right side and legs pretty soon.

 

[LATS]

I wish I was so lucky. Pain isn’t as bad as you’d think, 3/10 maybe. But the bruising is insane. I look like I was hit by a truck. My entire left arm from the elbow up, the underside of my forearm, my entire left chest and as of right now 3/4 of my right chest, and going down into my abs and around to my back are all just a big dark bruise.
Im hoping I can at least train my right side and legs pretty soon.

Yeah I didn't have much bruising .. enough to notice a bit around the arm pit but I got lucky

 

[Flocci]

Sorry to hear that man, injuries suck but we we have to take it seriously and do what we can to heal up and recover ASAP.

I would use bpc157, tb500, gh, maybe add in some deca and/or anavar for increased collagen synthesis with vitamin c to help the collagen synthesis, and sufficient macro and nutrient intake of course. You could look into ghk-cu but i dont think it will do much for an injury like this.

Have a speedy recovery, good luck and let us know how it works out for you

 

[01dragonslayer]

https://www.professionalmuscle.com/forums/index.php?threads/hgh-or-igf-1-or-similar-directly-into-injured-tendon-or-ligament.174715/#post-3482020

 

[Dontstoppull]

I completely tore my pec major in the muscle. It took a long time to recover but ended up benching over 500 again (powerlifter). As time and injuries go on, I begin to wonder how much the drugs actually help and if we would be better off going to trt doses while we do our therapy and what not.

I would be concerned about keeping too many drugs in and being stronger on them. I’d say go to trt test and maybe some hgh would be your best bet. I detached my bicep tendon on Sunday and have surgery next week. My plan is just trt with hgh for this one.

 

[bloodshed]

I completely tore my pec major in the muscle. It took a long time to recover but ended up benching over 500 again (powerlifter). As time and injuries go on, I begin to wonder how much the drugs actually help and if we would be better off going to trt doses while we do our therapy and what not.

I would be concerned about keeping too many drugs in and being stronger on them. I’d say go to trt test and maybe some hgh would be your best bet. I detached my bicep tendon on Sunday and have surgery next week. My plan is just trt with hgh for this one.

That’s good to know. Do you know more details of your tear? My doc is concerned that because the defect in the tear is 5cm I would have a 5cm wide section of scar tissue that would not be as strong as the muscle. He basically told me he may see a 2-300lb bench in the future but 4-500
Wont be happening

 

[dantes]

I don’t think the bench press is a terrible excercise I think problem is guys using way to much weight.

Regarding the pec tear once it starts to heal I would start doing a lot of range of motion work and deep tissue work so it doesn’t heal bunched up and tight otherwise you will tear it again

 

[Dontstoppull]

That’s good to know. Do you know more details of your tear? My doc is concerned that because the defect in the tear is 5cm I would have a 5cm wide section of scar tissue that would not be as strong as the muscle. He basically told me he may see a 2-300lb bench in the future but 4-500
Wont be happening

This was mine. I was told something similar. This happened with 405. Years later I was over 500. Just took a long time.

 

[Flocci]

I don’t think the bench press is a terrible excercise I think problem is guys using way to much weight.

Regarding the pec tear once it starts to heal I would start doing a lot of range of motion work and deep tissue work so it doesn’t heal bunched up and tight otherwise you will tear it again

Dont the same people use too much weight on most other exercises too though?

 

[Siggy]

This was mine. I was told something similar. This happened with 405. Years later I was over 500. Just took a long time.

You tore both pecs at the same time? The other one looks bruised too

 

[bloodshed]

You tore both pecs at the same time? The other one looks bruised too

The bruise spreads. Right now both of my pecs, my whole left arm, part of my abs, and part of my back are bruised from the tear. But it didn’t start bruising for about 24-36 hours and by 72 hours it was getting huge