Triceps tendon rupture - opinions

[M@NU]

I’m not 100% but I think you can still get the surgery depending how much the tendon has already retracted. Why did you have to wait so long to get imaging?

this is the usual waiting time for mrt in germany.
4-6 weeks usually

 

[Scorpyd]

Joke :

A 150 km Autobahn drive in Deutschland
should take about 35 minutes

 

[M@NU]

Joke :

A 150 km Autobahn drive in Deutschland
should take about 35 minutes

i drive a citroen c3 xD

 

[Scorpyd]

i drive a citroen c3 xD

Ok, call a friend with a faster car..

I was born in Sindelfingen Deutschland. My father worked for the Diemler Benz Auto factory.
My family emigrated to Canada when I was 12 months old.
Zum wohl.

 

[M@NU]

so just coming back from the ortho.
Surgery is highly advised and with a retraction of only 1,9cm the chances for success and complete functionality etc. are very high.
right now i am trying to get an appointment for surgery at one of my prefered clinics. but it aint easy
it seems triceps tendon repair is no expensive surgery and therefore noone wants to do it soon xD

 

[EnhancedFatGrappler]

i will definitely do that for the surgery if it is possible.
There is a good ortho clinic around 160km away that i would want to use.
But i would first like to know if surgery is even an option at this point.

No one of us here can answer that, only the surgeon can. Make the trip, have all the scans, imagining etc on hand, and get a professional opinion from the guy that will do the surgery. Take the wife with you and have a nice short trip to the city of the clinic. There is no way around it, so might as well combine it with something nice.

I got diagnosed with a partial triceps tendon tear in 2018, and in my case, surgery was not an option, wouldn't have helped. I had to rehab it for months and strengthen the remaining tendon, until it eventually got good enough for most pressing and triceps isolation movements. Something like heavy skullcrushers will never be possible again, but press downs or extensions are no problem.

 

[TURBO_GHEIST]

Get DMSO. Apply Reguarly.

 

[M@NU]

No one of us here can answer that, only the surgeon can. Make the trip, have all the scans, imagining etc on hand, and get a professional opinion from the guy that will do the surgery. Take the wife with you and have a nice short trip to the city of the clinic. There is no way around it, so might as well combine it with something nice.

I got diagnosed with a partial triceps tendon tear in 2018, and in my case, surgery was not an option, wouldn't have helped. I had to rehab it for months and strengthen the remaining tendon, until it eventually got good enough for most pressing and triceps isolation movements. Something like heavy skullcrushers will never be possible again, but press downs or extensions are no problem.

i assume you missed my post from today

 

[EnhancedFatGrappler]

i assume you missed my post from today

I have the bad habit of replying to posts before reading it all

 

[M@NU]

guys tbh, i am not sure if i am mentally strong enough to undergo surgery.
Lifting is a very big part of my life. I cant even tell you when i had my last rest day and right now im progressing very well..
ive abondend every social activity and have been focused completely on bodybuilding outside of my office job since years
just thinking about it right now makes me go crazy

 

[EnhancedFatGrappler]

guys tbh, i am not sure if i am mentally strong enough to undergo surgery.
Lifting is a very big part of my life. I cant even tell you when i had my last rest day and right now im progressing very well..
ive abondend every social activity and have been focused completely on bodybuilding outside of my office job since years
just thinking about it right now makes me go crazy

It is not easy. I couldn't lift at all after a botched surgery and also tearing my ankle ligaments, couldn't even walk and needed crutches. Was out of the gym for 6 weeks, and barely active at that time. Was a dark time for me. Couldn't even work, so was just at home, doing nothing but feeling sorry for myself.

Would advice to use a different strategy for your upcoming post op period. Pick up some good books, some certifications for work, learn an instrument, do lots of cardio (should be okay to hike, doesn't involve your arm)... just don't sit home alone and brood.

 

[Dutch1909]

guys tbh, i am not sure if i am mentally strong enough to undergo surgery.
Lifting is a very big part of my life. I cant even tell you when i had my last rest day and right now im progressing very well..
ive abondend every social activity and have been focused completely on bodybuilding outside of my office job since years
just thinking about it right now makes me go crazy

I don’t know if it’s a quick small surgery or a bigger one, but you can always get back in the gym after a few days and just train the other side of your body and legs. Not heavy though, just keep te blood pumping.

I had 3 weeks off cause the swelling was very painful and my arm was basically black from the bruising. After that I went back to the gym and did whatever I could do. No pull or push activity on that side, but I was able to do lightweight machine laterals.

Every situation is different, but think about it long term. Fix it now and perhaps skip the gym for 1-2 weeks and then slowly get back into it, make a full recovery and hit it hard for next decades. Or don’t fix it to not skip the gym for those 1-2 weeks and have a risk and/or funny shape for decades.

Is it hard mentally? Sure, but nothing you won’t survive. Take care of your body to take care of your mind and the other way around.

Pic for your reference of my bruising. I was quite down in that period as well and snacked a lot cause I felt sorry for myself .

 

[Bio]

guys tbh, i am not sure if i am mentally strong enough to undergo surgery.
Lifting is a very big part of my life. I cant even tell you when i had my last rest day and right now im progressing very well..
ive abondend every social activity and have been focused completely on bodybuilding outside of my office job since years
just thinking about it right now makes me go crazy

The weights will always be there, plus you can still do some leg work! The fact that you tore a tendon, is possibly your body telling you it needs some rest? Sounds like cumulative trauma has caught up with you!! By your logic, you're going to wait until it completely ruptures from the bone. Then you'll have to get surgery. Why put it off? Plus the tendon is still in decent shape, and they have something good to work with. You have the mental strength to do this and it sounds like you need a break physically and mentally! I've had six spine surgeries and currently looking at two more plus an right SI Joint fusion. I also had intestine surgery for cancer 10 years ago, and as many know, I have Ankylosing Spondylitis. This is life. You deal with it and come back. Simple as that!

 

[M@NU]

thanks for your kind word guys.
i know its only the right thing to do it right now, else i will regret it later on... But i already know it will be a fucking hard time.
@Dutch1909 the surgery is a smaller one. you are usually out of hospital after 1 night.
Yeah, i will definitely train my legs and the good side, but as i know you need the right arm for stabilization so it will only be quite easy weights/intensity.
my ortho told me yesterday evening she will call my prefered clinic on monday by herself and ask if they will do it after they declined me when ive called by myself. lets see what happens

 

[M@NU]

another question, about my "rehab" plan supplement wise.
Right now i am on 800T/600 Primo, 12iu hgh
i would switch to 20mg test c daily and 15mg npp daily after the surgery. Also add in 20mg of anavar, keep hgh where it is and add BPC/TB.
I have collagen supplements on hand, also high amounts of novasol curcumin and stuff like boswellia etc.
anything more i can do to speed healing?

 

[Bio]

thanks for your kind word guys.
i know its only the right thing to do it right now, else i will regret it later on... But i already know it will be a fucking hard time.
@Dutch1909 the surgery is a smaller one. you are usually out of hospital after 1 night.
Yeah, i will definitely train my legs and the good side, but as i know you need the right arm for stabilization so it will only be quite easy weights/intensity.
my ortho told me yesterday evening she will call my prefered clinic on monday by herself and ask if they will do it after they declined me when ive called by myself. lets see what happens

Schedule some things you've wanted to do that you can still do with a bum arm. If you have some plans laid out, the structure will help and whatever it is you've come up with will make the time go by much easier! It's time to expand the mind and enjoy some other aspects of life!!

 

[M@NU]

Schedule some things you've wanted to do that you can still do with a bum arm. If you have some plans laid out, the structure will help and whatever it is you've come up with will make the time go by much easier! It's time to expand the mind and enjoy some other aspects of life!!

yeah and exactly this is something i "have to learn" again.
currently, there is nothing besides my job and bodybuilding.I have to see other aspects of live again.
on a good side: i love doing long walks. currently i am doing 1x 75min daily in the morning before work and i believe i can extend that for the time i cant train ;D

 

[buck]

I had a bicep that was ruptured for quite some time and had it re-attached. I have had surgeries to repair my shoulder, replace the other as well as spine surgery and was back in the gym in a week or less doing what i could do. With my shoulder surgeries that meant training 3 appendages as well as the torso. I find a healthy diet is the most important thing in recovery. Then rehab second.

 

[M@NU]

I had a bicep that was ruptured for quite some time and had it re-attached. I have had surgeries to repair my shoulder, replace the other as well as spine surgery and was back in the gym in a week or less doing what i could do. With my shoulder surgeries that meant training 3 appendages as well as the torso. I find a healthy diet is the most important thing in recovery. Then rehab second.

hey there.
ok i see, you also went through quite a bit of injuries. I definitely plan to be in the gym very soon after surgery training very light legs and my left side.
I am aware that weights will be light since i can not stabilize myself without the right arm but i do what i can.
Also, i think this is a great time for cardio and training vacuums..
but i am aware that esp the first few weeks will be hard. Right now im progressing from session to session, using the gympin on many excersises etc. It will be mentally hard to go back to very light weights.
but i will come back stronger and this is the main thing

 

[M@NU]

so, called around 5 clinics today, several times
2 clinics - not interested in this kind of surgery
2 clinics - did not get anyone on the line although trying it between 5-6 times
last clinic - robot voice starts, asks me some questions, says they will get back to me during the week

i love the german healthcare system..