Hi guys,
So, long short story, i'm 40, i workout since my 30's and hopefully i can't say i ever had any big injury so far. Some minor injuries that fixed really fast.
However this time, i'm afraid it's another story.
Last week, on 6th, when i was jumping a gate, i missed a step and to not fall with my head, i was able to grab the fence with my left hand i got suspended by a few seconds until some friends helped me. As result, a chin and lip splint and had to take some stitches.
For the following days, my hand was in mild pain by grabbing the fence so hard to not fall and my arm hurted a little when i stretched it. But honestly i didn't care so much.
Two days after the fall, i was working out at gym and when i grab a light weight to do chest flies i felt a mild pain on my bicep/forearm but once again i thought it was due to be "forced" due to the fall, i stopped my chest workout and forgot it. However looking at the mirrow i noticed sometime very strange, it was like the Bicep long head wasn't present. Bicep was shortened. It didn't seem like rolled up but shortened by about 1cm. I have no idea if it was already like that after the fall but i only noticed it at the gym.
Two days after, i got the inner arm all bruised on forearm and bicep area and i realized something wasn't right. Medical appointment schedule to this Wednesday and started to google and i was really scared. Almost all if not all results were about Distal Tendon Rupture. I didn't sleep for some days until i got the appointment and doc said it probably could be only a partial rupture and even on the muscle, not on the tendon. Prescribed an ultrasound scan and i only got it today done because i almost beg it was an urgent thing... Most of health centers only had free slots for mid of March!
So, i asked during the ultrasound scan exam and doc told, it seems everything was fine with distal tendon but there was a small rupture on the muscle itself. I feel strange because all i find with these symptoms are related with distal tendon and not the muscle itself but i showed the result to a physio friend of mine and he told me it seems it's indeed on the muscle. I'm still waiting to have a new appointment with the ortho (only next week) but meanwhile i would like to know if you can give me some extra help / advise. Of course i'm not working out upperbody (except abs) and giving it some rest and Ice. Currently, pain is almost imperceptible except when someone touch me harder on bicep (where supposedly is the rupture) and it seems i feel some more fatigue when doing some repetitive movements. Everything else seems fine.
I attach a picture of the exam result (the one doc pointed the rupture but i can attack all the others 5 or 6) and one where the "shorted" bicep can be seen. Exam result says something like (i'll try by best translation from Portuguese): "On the distal third of brachial bicep muscle we notice a partial tear of 10.8mm without any other revelant alterations".
So what your personal opinion? It's in fact in the muscle itself? Can i expect it will heal with conservative treatment? About that "gap", will it eventually decrease with time? I'm in really low mood right now
So, long short story, i'm 40, i workout since my 30's and hopefully i can't say i ever had any big injury so far. Some minor injuries that fixed really fast.
However this time, i'm afraid it's another story.
Last week, on 6th, when i was jumping a gate, i missed a step and to not fall with my head, i was able to grab the fence with my left hand i got suspended by a few seconds until some friends helped me. As result, a chin and lip splint and had to take some stitches.
For the following days, my hand was in mild pain by grabbing the fence so hard to not fall and my arm hurted a little when i stretched it. But honestly i didn't care so much.
Two days after the fall, i was working out at gym and when i grab a light weight to do chest flies i felt a mild pain on my bicep/forearm but once again i thought it was due to be "forced" due to the fall, i stopped my chest workout and forgot it. However looking at the mirrow i noticed sometime very strange, it was like the Bicep long head wasn't present. Bicep was shortened. It didn't seem like rolled up but shortened by about 1cm. I have no idea if it was already like that after the fall but i only noticed it at the gym.
Two days after, i got the inner arm all bruised on forearm and bicep area and i realized something wasn't right. Medical appointment schedule to this Wednesday and started to google and i was really scared. Almost all if not all results were about Distal Tendon Rupture. I didn't sleep for some days until i got the appointment and doc said it probably could be only a partial rupture and even on the muscle, not on the tendon. Prescribed an ultrasound scan and i only got it today done because i almost beg it was an urgent thing... Most of health centers only had free slots for mid of March!
So, i asked during the ultrasound scan exam and doc told, it seems everything was fine with distal tendon but there was a small rupture on the muscle itself. I feel strange because all i find with these symptoms are related with distal tendon and not the muscle itself but i showed the result to a physio friend of mine and he told me it seems it's indeed on the muscle. I'm still waiting to have a new appointment with the ortho (only next week) but meanwhile i would like to know if you can give me some extra help / advise. Of course i'm not working out upperbody (except abs) and giving it some rest and Ice. Currently, pain is almost imperceptible except when someone touch me harder on bicep (where supposedly is the rupture) and it seems i feel some more fatigue when doing some repetitive movements. Everything else seems fine.
I attach a picture of the exam result (the one doc pointed the rupture but i can attack all the others 5 or 6) and one where the "shorted" bicep can be seen. Exam result says something like (i'll try by best translation from Portuguese): "On the distal third of brachial bicep muscle we notice a partial tear of 10.8mm without any other revelant alterations".
So what your personal opinion? It's in fact in the muscle itself? Can i expect it will heal with conservative treatment? About that "gap", will it eventually decrease with time? I'm in really low mood right now
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