Bicep Detach

[bushmills]

Has anyone had a bicep detach (Proximal bicep tendon) detached from the shoulder.
The bicep balled up in the bend of my elbow. Had it repaired, just started PT rehab, doctors say the bicep “may” come back to normal (looks wise) but might not. The strength will come back but being a bodybuilder having a deformed looking bicep won’t do.
Has anyone experienced this? Any advise ?

 

[Selfcentor]

A friend of mine who is a BB had that happen and he used HGH to recover and it made things better quicker and his bicept looks normal. He dosent compete anymore since than though.

 

[GUARDIAN]

a coworker had this happen to him this past year deadlifitng with an alternated grip. I think it took him about 3 months of healing/rehab before he could lift again. it has been almost a year and he still isnt doing deadlifts yet.

it looks normal other than the huge scar.

 

[OMEGA]

if it was re-attached generally it will look normal

I would spend along time though to slowly stretch and redevelop the area over time

also i would do back workouts ONLY as a passive form of stimulation to the bis once the surgery healed and i was given the go ahead to workout

know that for a while that stimuli would be enough spill over to stengthen the area again

I would NOT do direct Bicep work till maybe a half year back in to training.

thats just me though

 

[bushmills]

Hey 8and20,

its been 3 months since the injury, which included a massive rotator cuff tear. they put in 8 titanium anchors, honestly, it just sounds worse than it feels. i trained (or what i had to call training) after 6 weeks. i have full range of motion and the strength is in the beginning stages but it feels good. My concern is if the bicep never looks right, maybe some type of cosmetic surgery. i'm more than happy with the speed of recovery but never being able to compete again is tough.

 

[crazyjoe]

Has anyone had a bicep detach (Proximal bicep tendon) detached from the shoulder.
The bicep balled up in the bend of my elbow. Had it repaired, just started PT rehab, doctors say the bicep “may” come back to normal (looks wise) but might not. The strength will come back but being a bodybuilder having a deformed looking bicep won’t do.
Has anyone experienced this? Any advise ?

Had it happen back in July, but mine was from the elbow not the shoulder. I went from working out everyday to not being able to work out for about three months at all.
My strength is not back to anywhere near what it was, but my arm should be completely healed up by the end of the month. I've just been stocking up on goodies for future cycles

 

[OMEGA]

Had it happen back in July, but mine was from the elbow not the shoulder. I went from working out everyday to not being able to work out for about three months at all.
My strength is not back to anywhere near what it was, but my arm should be completely healed up by the end of the month. I've just been stocking up on goodies for future cycles

how did you do it?

did you have surgery to fix it?

 

[bushmills]

oh believe me, once i get the go ahead from my doc, i'll be doing a catch up cycle. dropped a good 20+ lbs ad bodyfat went up. doing cardio and light weights... except for legs, and feel decent considering. looking a little lop sided though

 

[enacer420nj]

not to jack the thread but how do you avoid something like this because it was painful to read

 

[bushmills]

went down on my bike and had to pick it up one handed. felt it pop and tear. problem was getting a "good" sports doc to fix it, alot of hack doc's out there

 

[OMEGA]

alot of hack doc's out there

isn't that that truth

lots of bad mechanics lots of bad docs, no difference imo

 

[crazyjoe]

how did you do it?

did you have surgery to fix it?

I was doing single arm curls on one of those seated preacher bench machines. The one that has the double grip handle if you want to do both arms, or you can just grab one side of it to do single arms. You load plates on it for how much weight you want to do.
Anyway, I was coming up from the bottom on my 8th rep I believe and all the sudden it just tore from my elbow and curled up like a damn fruit by the foot. I was using perfect form, and I could of done probably twice the amount of weight that I had on. My buddy who works at the gym as a trainer even said I wasn't using bad form or anything. I think what did it was that I may not have warmed up as much as I normally do, because I remember feeling a bit rushed since he was already there warmed up and waiting for me.
Yes I had surgery for it a couple days later.

 

[bushmills]

that sounds about right, the day before my op, i was doing dumbell preacher curls, with the good arm, and my bicep on the bad arm just detached, fruit by the foot is a good discription. bicep rolled up by the elbow and looked pretty nasty, my workout partner noticed it before me.

 

[GUARDIAN]

i am not sure if there are any "cosmetic" procedures to make it look "normal"'. u may want to try a google search.

 

[OMEGA]

I was doing single arm curls on one of those seated preacher bench machines. The one that has the double grip handle if you want to do both arms, or you can just grab one side of it to do single arms. You load plates on it for how much weight you want to do.
Anyway, I was coming up from the bottom on my 8th rep I believe and all the sudden it just tore from my elbow and curled up like a damn fruit by the foot. I was using perfect form, and I could of done probably twice the amount of weight that I had on. My buddy who works at the gym as a trainer even said I wasn't using bad form or anything. I think what did it was that I may not have warmed up as much as I normally do, because I remember feeling a bit rushed since he was already there warmed up and waiting for me.
Yes I had surgery for it a couple days later.

jeez i hate hearing that!

I had similar tears in the past and if I don't FORCE my self ( key word force) to do at least 3 high rep sets i WILL injure something

so long as I do it by the book I am fine, the moment i get lazy I get issues

that part of the reason i developed a system in the Project

 

[crazyjoe]

jeez i hate hearing that!

I had similar tears in the past and if I don't FORCE my self ( key word force) to do at least 3 high rep sets i WILL injure something

so long as I do it by the book I am fine, the moment i get lazy I get issues

that part of the reason i developed a system in the Project

Thats about the same thing I do. On chest day I throw in a couple of very light front and side dumbell raises to get my shoulders warmed up also.