Tore my Biceps tendon, how long until I can’t shoot?

[Trumpkin]

Sounds like an excuse for a light 20 gauge side by side that you can shoot one handed with your other arm.

[Beargrasstx]

I had this surgery a few years ago, right around this time of year. I remember that the Dr. did not allow me to use any weights or lifting until sometime in December. I bought a youth crossbow so I could still hunt archery that year. I pulled the string back with my good arm. I don't think it affected my rifle hunting but my tear was at my elbow and not at my shoulder so not sure about gun recoil if your tear is there.

[Hills of Texas]

Fil just had surgery for this. He’s out for at least six weeks

[BrandonA]

I tore my Bicep and Ruptured/tore tendon. Out for 4 months

[randtx]

I'm scheduled for surgery Sept 14 for a partial bicep tear and frozen shoulder. Doc says I will be in a sling for 6 weeks then rehab. No specifics on complete recovery time frame.

[Beargrasstx]

Sorry, but a complete tendon rupture never “heals”. It is either surgically reattached or it is no longer attached forever.

The pain from a complete tendon rupture will go away, but it will never function again. However, other muscles can compensate to a degree.

A partial tear can heal to a degree. I assume if you tore your “tendon off the bone”, it was not a partial.

This is true. Get surgery, don't look back. This is not a surgery you can put off. My company Doctor didn't believe me when I told him I tore something. Gave me another week to come back and see him. I was still fully functioning but had a lot of pain in certain areas. Bruising all over as well that extra week off. When I went back to see him, he took me through some test in which I almost hit him due to the pain it caused. He finally ordered an MRI.

When I went to the 'expert' surgeon and had surgery the following week it had been 2 weeks since the initial tear. At that time, the surgeon made a little bit bigger cut than he typically would make because the muscle had contracted up my arm and he had to try and find the tendon to pull it back down. He told me if any longer he wouldn't have been able to get it back into place.

This was Dr. Holt out of Houston and he has done a 'lot' of these surgeries. Thank goodness for him.

The company Dr. trying to save money or whatever his logic was in not initially ordering the MRI was wrong. I felt or heard a pop with intense pain, should be a no brainer to get an MRI done to confirm yea or nay. Much like when I tore my ACL so I had been down this road before. You never forget that 'pop' when you tear a tendon or ligament

Just like my ACL tear, you can live without bicep surgery but why not? You have a long life to live.

[Jmh05]

Don't shortcut rehab. Every patient I ever encountered that blew it off, rarely healed worth a darn.

Best of luck and I hope for you a perfect recovery.

[Patton]

Not sure but get it fixed. I tore my bicep and bicep tendon in 2007 and never fixed it- I’m confident that one day my injury will prohibit me from drawing a bow.

[Tbar]

Amazing how many people have had this.

I am part of the club too and didn’t hunt for 10 weeks.

[sticknstring]

I just went through this. I had a brace on after surgery- it completely immobilized my arm for The first 2weeks. I was not allowed to pick up any weight, push or pull with it. After the first 2 weeks, I was given 5 degrees of mobility every week. That went on for 8 weeks.
Are you left or right handed shooter? Which bicep is torn? IMHO, best case scenario would be left bicep torn, right hand shooter. Raise shotgun with right arm to shoot.
Wishing you a speedy recovery.

[BULL21]

Well, they wanted to do surgery. Apparently, the tendon ripped off the bone at the elbow and reattached to my arm bone higher up towards the shoulder. Now, when I flex my arm, it makes a well defined ball and not at all like my other arm. I still lift heavy objects and use it like normal so I guess you're wrong in that it won't function again. Once the pain was gone, I healed. I think too many docs are knife happy, something about paying off med school, I suppose.

The muscle did not reattach at all. That is why you have a “well defined ball”. A tendon attaches a muscle to a bone. Once it’s torn, it cannot fix itself. Your other arm muscles are compensating for the lack of a functioning biceps.

[Graysonhogs]

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[Graysonhogs]

Hmmmm..... Why didn't you ask the only person who has the best info, your doctor doing the surgery. BTW, you don't have to have surgery. I tore my tendon off the bone, it healed, and I'm good now.

Lol, you say ask the doctor, they proceed to tell him he doesn't require surgery with no details on his particular case. You say some Doctors are knife happy, and I counter with some people are far too skeptical of anything a dr. says. Makes me wonder why they bother going.

[SabineHunter]

The muscle did not reattach at all. That is why you have a “well defined ball”. A tendon attaches a muscle to a bone. Once it’s torn, it cannot fix itself. Your other arm muscles are compensating for the lack of a functioning biceps.

Okay, then, if the other muscles are compensating as you say, they are doing a mighty fine job as I really am not having any issues with it. Are you a doctor? If you are, I can PM a pic to show you what I am talking about. One more question to you: If the tendon can't reattach to the bone, how am I able to make a 'ball muscle'? Seems it needs to be attached somewhere to be able to flex, otherwise it will just move. I do notice that it gets fatigued after a lot of work before the other arm.

[Graysonhogs]

Okay, then, if the other muscles are compensating as you say, they are doing a mighty fine job as I really am not having any issues with it. Are you a doctor? If you are, I can PM a pic to show you what I am talking about. One more question to you: If the tendon can't reattach to the bone, how am I able to make a 'ball muscle'? Seems it needs to be attached somewhere to be able to flex, otherwise it will just move. I do notice that it gets fatigued after a lot of work before the other arm.

Your first and last sentence are in complete contradiction.



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