Bicep Tendon

[Rex]

I went to the Orthopedic surgeon today to get my shoulder examined. after some tests he said that the problem is two fold.

1. The 10mm gap in my shoulder is what causes the popping. Could've been suffered threw an inadvertant blow or even possibly grown that way. Seems to think that years of hockey and using my lead shoulder to check could be the culprit. They can do nothing for that.

2. The pain is caused by my bicep tendon being stretched the extra 10mm, since it wasn't built that long. It's like a guitar string being stretched across a rock. Everytime I pop my shoulder the string snaps down on the rock. It causes the pain, and eventually will tear.

He gave me a shot of cortizone, at my request, and told me to keep lifting for one month. In a month, if the pain continues go back and we'll schedule getting the tendon cut loose. Said I shouldn't lose much strength, if any, in it and would be pain free since there is nothing being snapped around.

Anyone ever suffer from anything like this? Just thought I'd share.

 

[big4life]

I tore my bicep tendon and it is not a fun rehab. They had to reattach it to my shoulder. After the surgery I had to wear a sling 24/7, even while sleeping for something like 4 or 5 weeks. Then the rehab was another experience, I was shrugging 5 pound db's, hammer curling 2 and 3 pound db's, it was painful, but it did help with the problem with my shoulder. The end result is I did lose some range of motion, but that might have been due to my age, 43 at the time of the surgery.

Good luck.

 

[Rex]

Thanks, Big. Did you lose much strength in the arm as a result, also?

They're telling me that the tendon can be disconnected from the shoulder all together. I'm going to have to look into this before they go slicing me up.

 

[big4life]

Thanks, Big. Did you lose much strength in the arm as a result, also?

They're telling me that the tendon can be disconnected from the shoulder all together. I'm going to have to look into this before they go slicing me up.

I didn't really lose much strength once I finished rehab.

Are they talking aboput cutting your bicep tendon and not reattaching it?

I know when I tore mine my strength went down considerably, especially on anything overhead.

 

[Rex]

Yeah, they're talking about cutting it loose. Kind of worried[ies] me. I did some research on it though, and came up with this link. http://www.mykneespecialist.com/bicep-tendonitis.shtml

The first surgical treatment is an arthroscopic release of the long head of the biceps tendon from its origin on the superior labrum. The tendon is cut and allowed to retract down the upper arm. This procedure is called biceps tenotomy. The reasons that it is believed to relieve the pain are that the tension on the biceps tendon is released and that it is removed from its position between the rotator cuff tendons where it may be getting irritated. Biceps tenotomy is very effective and it does not cause weakness in the biceps muscle because there are two muscle origins. However, a criticism of the procedure is that it can leave a lump of biceps muscle in the upper arm that can be cosmetically displeasing to some.

 

[coloradosteve]

not no, but fucking hell no! Hell yeah your going to loose strength.