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

[SabineHunter]

[QUOTE=Graysonhogs;15077416]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.[/QUOTE

Practice wife #2 made such a fuss that I went to the doctor. Right now I am dealing with a messed up middle finger that I don't know how it happened. I was having too much fun, fell down, hyper extended the finger I guess. It didn't hurt that night but the next morning, wow. This was last November at a friends land and it is just now getting to where I can use it mostly. Mostly, I had to pick up things with the finger extended, not bent. I'm sure I ripped up tendons and such. No doctor needed or visited. About the only doctor I go to regularly is my dermatologist.

[SabineHunter]

Your first and last sentence are in complete contradiction.



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Man, you are hanging on every word I say. Okay, maybe it wasn't a complete heal but I bet I'd be saying the same thing if some doc cut on it.

[Graysonhogs]

Man, you are hanging on every word I say. Okay, maybe it wasn't a complete heal but I bet I'd be saying the same thing if some doc cut on it.

Words matter. If I start with the sky is blue and end with it's green, I have to question the info given. Guess it's a quirk of mine.

[SabineHunter]

Words matter.

I bet you are a college literature teacher. Geez........

[Graysonhogs]

I bet you are a college literature teacher. Geez........

You are very close. Machinist.

[Graysonhogs]

Anyway, sorry about the hijack. Good luck with the surgery/recovery, and as stated, do the rehab.

[randtx]

I bet you are a college literature teacher. Geez........

You are very close. Machinist.

Holy crap that's funny!!

[BULL21]

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.

I’m a physical therapist. A muscle attaches at two points. Your biceps is still attached at the other end, and the muscle still has the ability to contract. It will draw up towards the attached end.
You fatigue quicker in your arm because the biceps is the primary muscle for elbow flexion. The other muscles compensate but are not able to carry the work load as efficiently. I’d would have had the surgery myself. Is the your dominant or non-dominant arm?

[SabineHunter]

I’m a physical therapist. A muscle attaches at two points. Your biceps is still attached at the other end, and the muscle still has the ability to contract. It will draw up towards the attached end.
You fatigue quicker in your arm because the biceps is the primary muscle for elbow flexion. The other muscles compensate but are not able to carry the work load as efficiently. I’d would have had the surgery myself. Is the your dominant or non-dominant arm?

non-dominant. But, work load (weight) is evenly distributed.

[TXDUCKCUTTER]

youtube distal bicep surgery plenty of info.

[Shortbow]

Thanks guys. Complete rupture and surgery on the way. Right arm injured and of course I am right handed. Dr. Leaves Saturday for a 2 week elk hunt, getting referred to a Dr. 2 hours away so, rather on waiting on him to get back.

[HTOWN]

The faster you get the surgery done the better. Especially helps with the PT. I'm ob the imaging side, so we see plenty of ruptured bicep tears come through.

BULL21 is spot on as well.

[DosToros]

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.

What’s a “Company” doctor?