Does anyone know much about long head biceps tendon (snap)
Discussion
For years I have had pain and soreness in the front of my shoulder, which sometimes radiates down my bicep and into my forearm etc. An MRI and ultrasound revealed a partial tear (I'm pretty sure it was in the long head tendon) and the consultant briefly talked about a process to cut the damaged part of the tendon and reattach it to the bone. The only problem for me is time off work - manual job, so I decided to put up with the pain - which is getting worse.
I was chatting to someone in the gym recently who has just had surgery for a long head tear, but at the elbow joint rather than the shoulder. He went into a heavy deadlift not fully warmed up and the underhand grip fully snapped his bicep tendon. He was saying it's only because he is young (early twenties) and is dedicated to sport that he has had it fixed. He also said you don't technically have to have it fixed - you could just leave the long head bicep unattached as the short head is much harder to rupture. The only downside is you will have a Popeye bulge and approx -20% strength loss in that upper arm.
It got me thinking. For the last 5 years I have been going light, avoiding certain exercices (bicep curls, pull-ups, shoulder press, etc) in the gym for fear of snapping it. I'm thinking of increasing the intensity again (I can live through the shoulder soreness as weirdly it's usually to the same degree training heavy as it is light), and if it snaps - f**k it. Let it snap and ultimately it will relieve me of the front shoulder pain.
Has anyone on here snapped a long head tendon (at the shoulder) and is sporting a Popeye bulge? Does it look a bit weird?
I was chatting to someone in the gym recently who has just had surgery for a long head tear, but at the elbow joint rather than the shoulder. He went into a heavy deadlift not fully warmed up and the underhand grip fully snapped his bicep tendon. He was saying it's only because he is young (early twenties) and is dedicated to sport that he has had it fixed. He also said you don't technically have to have it fixed - you could just leave the long head bicep unattached as the short head is much harder to rupture. The only downside is you will have a Popeye bulge and approx -20% strength loss in that upper arm.
It got me thinking. For the last 5 years I have been going light, avoiding certain exercices (bicep curls, pull-ups, shoulder press, etc) in the gym for fear of snapping it. I'm thinking of increasing the intensity again (I can live through the shoulder soreness as weirdly it's usually to the same degree training heavy as it is light), and if it snaps - f**k it. Let it snap and ultimately it will relieve me of the front shoulder pain.
Has anyone on here snapped a long head tendon (at the shoulder) and is sporting a Popeye bulge? Does it look a bit weird?
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