[quote]buzza wrote:
and more rotator cuffs injuries from bench press…so what have we to do? avoid curls because are Dangerous, chin ups either, squat also because is risky for the back; so let’s start to play soccer or volleyball?? LOL[/quote]
I pulled a hamstring playing lawn bowls once. Clearly, lawn bowls is to be avoided.[/quote]
I pulled a trap joining in at my girlfriends mum’s Zumba class
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I crushed my dick bailing out of incline barbell… thank god I wasn’t hard
I remember a vid where PJ Braun said it’s called a preacher curl because you’re praying you don’t tear your bicep. Well this video proves him right lol.
[quote]buzza wrote:
and more rotator cuffs injuries from bench press…so what have we to do? avoid curls because are Dangerous, chin ups either, squat also because is risky for the back; so let’s start to play soccer or volleyball?? LOL[/quote]
I pulled a hamstring playing lawn bowls once. Clearly, lawn bowls is to be avoided.[/quote]
i strained a forearm muscle having a wank once, i aint stopping that anytime soon.
[quote]honkey kong wrote:
So I was out to dinner with Jose Raymond and Branden Ray (Both IFBB pros) the other night and as you might assume, the topic of my bicep tear came up. After showing them the video both of them agreed that the range of motion used in the video was far too much for this exercise and puts an exceptional load on the distal end of the bicep. Both were certain this had a lot to do with the tear.
I also had a lengthy conversation with Chris Mason (the owner of AtLarge nutrition) whom I have always considered to be an expert of sorts on the subject of weight training and and human physiology. He seemed to think that coming back from long periods (a month or more) of rest post surgery or otherwise played a large role. He was saying that in the book Super Training by Mel Siff he referrs to the muscles ability to adapt to heavy loads quickly (a week~) after periods of down time. He also said that tendons and ligaments can take as long as 8-12 weeks to reach the same level of adaptation to heavy loads.
Lastly I spoke with Becca Swanson (A good friend) and she was saying that it likely had something to to with the antibiotics I was on in Dec and january for my knee surgery. Which I honestly haven’t had time to research at ths point but definately makes sense.
So it sounds like there were a few contributing factors to this incident. Live and learn I guess.
And just so everybody knows, it was a full bicep tendon rupture, I had surgery last Friday and am now on the mend. Thank you for all the kind words and encouragement it’s very appreciated!
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Cheers! Glad it is fixed and you are on the mend. Good luck!
[quote]csulli wrote:
Any way to prevent these or am I just doomed to wait for the inevitable?[/quote]
Do not extend your arm all the way down on preacher curls, if you do, lean forward, just enough to cause your elbow to bend a little before curling the weight up.
[quote]csulli wrote:
Any way to prevent these or am I just doomed to wait for the inevitable?[/quote]
Do not extend your arm all the way down on preacher curls, if you do, lean forward, just enough to cause your elbow to bend a little before curling the weight up.
Also do not go overly heavy.[/quote]
Is it dangerous to extend your arm all the way/get a big stretch in your biceps on incline DB curls? As I did them for the first time (incline db curls) and had done that, and by the end I felt a pulling feeling/straining in my left bicep on my last rep/set.
I may have also just been more fatigued than I thought on the left side, and it was just the muscle struggling to complete one last rep.
[quote]buzza wrote:
and more rotator cuffs injuries from bench press…so what have we to do? avoid curls because are Dangerous, chin ups either, squat also because is risky for the back; so let’s start to play soccer or volleyball?? LOL[/quote]
I pulled a hamstring playing lawn bowls once. Clearly, lawn bowls is to be avoided.[/quote]
I pulled a trap joining in at my girlfriends mum’s Zumba class
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I once pulled something in my back while laughing lol. Couldn’t move for over 15 minutes. My back still hasn’t fully recovered.
I crushed my dick bailing out of incline barbell… thank god I wasn’t hard[/quote]
I once pulled something in my back while laughing lol. Couldn’t move for over 15 minutes. My back still hasn’t fully recovered.
[quote]rds63799 wrote:
I hate that feeling where you know something bad has just happened to you.
I fell off a fence and snapped my wrist. I heard it snap and knew immediately I was going to have a bad time. I still remember the cold sweat and shakes I got from that[/quote]
Lol i know what you’re saying. Its not the immediate pain or effect of the bad situation, its the fact that you all the sudden realize your plans for the next few days/weeks/months have just been seriously rearranged in a bad way.
I busted my left calf doing donkey calf raises 6 months ago and I am pretty sure I let out that exact same yelp and then said fuck just like you did.The pain was severe at first, and the muscle took about 2 months till it felt normal again…btu at least I didn’t separate anything from any tendons or anything.
I feel for you…it’s not as though you were doing anything that looked wrong.
That’s what I hate at my age (40) is that when I was younger I’d do something, get hurt, and then say Idiot! You shouldn’t have done that!…now you just want to find out what the hell even made it happen.
Damn that made my Biceps hurt from watching that. I am glad I read it though, I never knew I wasn’t supposed to go all the way down on the preacher curl. A few years back I injured both biceps at the same time, but I thought it was just because it had been a while since I worked out hard and I just jumped back in. In hindsight probably tells me it was how I was doing my preacher curls…
Shit. Just watching that hurt. I tore my bi doing pretty much the same thing: Unilateral Scott DB curls. That was after a lot of heavy back work.
In hindsight I realized that the warning signs were there. I could feel that something wasn’t quite ‘right’, and I should’ve back off. I just chose to ignore it, and pressed on.
That exact thing happened to me 4 years ago. Left bicep distal tear from preacher curl. I remember I was surprised that it didn’t actually hurt much… but looked gross and the arm turns all shades of purple after a couple of days.
I for one learned that preacher curls probably should not be part of the DC routine … yes, I’m evidently not that bright.
Now, four years after the bicep is fully recovered but it looks different from the right bicep and while I’m stronger now on curling motions I am nowhere close to the same level on the twisting motion you use when using a screwdriver… not that it matters much.
It took a couple of years before I dared going back to preacher-anything… now I just do it as a finishing move with very light dumbbells.
OP, The antibiotics you were taking didn’t happen to be ciprofloxacin or levaquin (levofloxacin) did they? I mention those two because they seem to be fairly commonly used but gemifloxacin, moxifloxacin, norfloxacin, and ofloxacin (all of these are fluoroquinolones) have also been indicated as problematic.
I have tolerated Cipro well the couple times I had to take it but Levaquin would cause such pain in the muscle insertions of my elbows and knees that it would make it hard to sleep. Just something to give you a little help on your research.
This exact same thing happened to me 4 days ago no bruising till about 2 days ago, heard a pop, there is very minimal pain only when I bend my arm, I do not have health insurance or I would go to the doctor, anyone know if this is a tear or partial.
[quote]thinkfast666 wrote:
This exact same thing happened to me 4 days ago no bruising till about 2 days ago, heard a pop, there is very minimal pain only when I bend my arm, I do not have health insurance or I would go to the doctor, anyone know if this is a tear or partial.[/quote]
IMO…you need to find the funds to at least see a Dr. for an evaluation; it’s the only way to find out how bad it is. Pain from tendon tears/separations is rare and no indication of the seriousness of the situation.
[quote]thinkfast666 wrote:
This exact same thing happened to me 4 days ago no bruising till about 2 days ago, heard a pop, there is very minimal pain only when I bend my arm, I do not have health insurance or I would go to the doctor, anyone know if this is a tear or partial.[/quote]
IMO…you need to find the funds to at least see a Dr. for an evaluation; it’s the only way to find out how bad it is. Pain from tendon tears/separations is rare and no indication of the seriousness of the situation. [/quote]
I agree. And (throwing the very reasonable idea that one should never give medical advice over the Internet, especially if you’re not equipped to do so out the window):
This looks like both a partial muscle belly tear and a partial tendon tear to me. Here’s to hoping it’s the former only. At least try to get it diagnosed. If it is a partial muscle belly tear it will heal itself, given enough time. And there are ways to speed it up, somewhat. But if it is a tendon tear it will stay with you unless treated.
