need help w/ pec tear!

[sylvian]

hows it going fellas, I'm new to the board but it seems you guys are pretty helpful toward each other. In the past I have torn my left and right pec at the the junction above the armpit (musculotendinous junction) and healed fined through rest. My latest tear happened while I was wakeboarding, now a week and a day later I have full ROM but still a lot of swelling (did not have any bruising). How can you tell if the muscle has retracted from the MT junction, if the tear is complete or not, and if there will be permanent cosmetic and strength loss. It appears that when I outstretch my arms that the contour on the torn side is missing some muscle around the mt junction (does it grow back?) I'm asking only b/c I can't see ortho for another month & was hoping some of you guys that have already experienced it can fill me in. I'm 180 lbs and was benching 315 I cant understand why this area is so weak & suceptible to tears. Any info will be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

 

[tad69]

Why wait a month to see the doc?

 

[sylvian]

I dont have insurance so I have to go to a veteran clinic. I saw general doctors but they dont seem to know much (or care about the permanent loss of strength that might ensue if I do not get a proper diagnosis with at least an ultrasound) and the earliest ortho appt. I could get is in october. I would see a civilian ortho except to have an ultrasound or mri is very expensive.