Close grip dumbbell presses for someone who had torn pec surgery in May of 2006

[Doomsday]

I completely tore my pec tendon bench pressing in March of 2006. In May of 2006 I had surgery. However my doc was only able to reattach 75% of my pec because the other 25% of my pec was too scarred down to reattach. So now when I do heavy flat or incline dumbbell presses I feel a strain in the pec. And than an hour later...the strain goes away.

However I don't like having that feeling when I'm lifting so my question is this: if I were to do close grip dumbbell presses where I start off with my hands gripping the dumbbells in a neutral position (like a hammer curl grip) and than as I press the weight up I pronate my hands to where when I'm at the top of the movement my hands are overhand (pronated), would that be ideal for me to build my chest WITHOUT doing them the traditional way and straining my pec? I realize doing them this way puts a great load on the front delt and triceps but would my chest be getting worked AT ALL? Or should I just do them the traditional way and just take the strain and HOPE it doesn't tear again?

I would like to keep dumbbell bench presses in my routine but I don't like feeling the strain in my pec when I do them. Would doing them close grip style the way I described be good for building my chest?

 

[captainahole]

sorry dude. It seems to be one of the questions that no-one can answer for you.
It'll be one of the test projects that you will have to do and pass on your results to others.

 

[BOWTECH]

In all seriousness go back to the good old fashioned push ups to build the pec muscle back up. This works wonders. I tore my pec years ago and now Im back at 100%. Give it a shot and see how it goes. Good luck. I've been there.

 

[drfunknstein]

In all seriousness go back to the good old fashioned push ups to build the pec muscle back up. This works wonders. I tore my pec years ago and now Im back at 100%. Give it a shot and see how it goes. Good luck. I've been there.

I would be interested to see what type of recovery people have made without the surgery. I have been living with a pec tear for years. I have never made a full comeback, alot of it is the fact i am scared to train chest heavy just in case.

old bench 350-370
now 240-250

 

[Varga]

just out of curiosity, does any of you who got injured were "on" at the time of the accident?
If yes, what compounds if you don't mind me asking?