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Thanks PM..surgery went well...on the long road to recovery
So glad you came out OK! Happy healing!
Thanks PM..surgery went well...on the long road to recovery
Glad your surgery went well demon. Keep your mind busy and the time will go fast. You will get back in the gym and all this will be in the past. Buy you some good straps from ProWristStraps and forget about using the over/under grip when you get back to dead lifting down the road. When this kind of stuff happens, it leaves a distinct impression on you, doesn't it? Over grip from now on brother!
thanks brick..i agree some straps and no more over/under...also debating if i need to lift heavy anymore..im 43 and have nothing to prove..it certainly leaves an impression..this will b on my mind for a long time.
day 2 is going ok..cann wiggle my fingers and make a fist with my right hand..oxy on hand for when the pain gets unbearable..sucks using your left hand for everything when your right handed...
Demon,
I was in a sling for the first week post surgery. After that I had a weight limit of a coffee cup, yah my arm weighs 30 ponds but I can only lift a coffee cup. I could use my arm with no problem at about week 4, of course I forgot and grabbed a plate or two at times, but tried to be aware of it more. Week 5 I was cleared to do anything that didnt involve direct or indirect bicep movement. After the 8 week I was able to start direct bicep movements, very light. I did a lot of flexing and squezzing the muscle, light ART to help the myofascial stretch back out. I didnt have any muscle damaged so that speed up the recovery. At week 12 I started doing everything. Deadlifting again, using straps, hook grip, normal grip. I've worked back up to 500 with my grip I tore it on. It feels great. I'm going to wait another couple weeks before I put my bench shirt on, to much pressure on that tendon. Good luck and take your time.
LC
Disaster struck while I was working out today. I was deadlifting when I heard a tearing sound in my right bicep. I immediately dropped the weight and saw my right bicep was half way up my arm. A friggin popeye arm.
Went to the doc later that day and had an MRI done which confirmed a complete tear of the distal tendon. My surgery is set for monday morning. Sounds like a long rehab recovery process.
Has anyone else experienced this type of injury? If so how long was your recovery? Was the bicep ever the same afterwards?
good to hear..im in a splint with an ace bandage wrapped tightly around it..i have to follow up with the doc next monday, which is a week after the surgery..im hoping to get this thing off my arm, it itches underneath so much..im off work and bored out of my mind!
I would be happy if my recovery was similar to yours..mine tore dead lifting 455. Even tho thats not a ton i dont think i will ever go back to lifting heavy after this..like brick said above its in our blood or something..always trying to lift more n more....
Quick question for all you with torn tendons. Did your ortho ask if you did aas? It was the first thing he asked me.
Quick question for all you with torn tendons. Did your ortho ask if you did aas? It was the first thing he asked me.
Quick question for all you with torn tendons. Did your ortho ask if you did aas? It was the first thing he asked me.
im curious, what did you tell him??
I am currently recovering from distal bicep repair on the left side(wk 5). I tore my right about 12 yrs ago. The rehab takes time but not six months.The recovery shouldnt be rushed but I start light machines next wk. Nothing directly putting pressure on the bicep tendon. After 3 months the tendon should be pretty well healed into the bone. No excuses after that!
bandy-
just curious what were u doing it when it tore?? Im on day 8 post surgery..thats what i hear..not too rush recovery..