Did I tear a bicep tendon or muscle?

[focused1974]

Okay I currently don't have insurance & can't afford an MRI.

Yesterday I did a chest workout. Then I 2 friends picked up a washer & I was in the middle helping than I felt cramp between bicep & forum where the crease bends & saw vein go purple.

My bicep became very tight & looked bigger as if it shortened an inch.

I also had a huge bruise in the middle viens blue and a huge bubble.

I have iced it for 24 hours. I can bend it all the way but it hurts.

Is it possible it is not a tear & just a bruise. What should I do or can do before going to doctor. The idea I tore it is from a chiropractor?

Help..

 

[BigZ]

Thought you might get more response in the main forum so I moved it.

Can't see very well from the pictures, sort of blurry, but from the description you gave it sounds like you tore something. I'd go to the doctor if it were me.

 

[GreatGunz]

Bro,
That is definetly a bicep tear bro....... My wife is a trauma nurse an I asked her ur options due to lack of insurance ..... First thing she said after seeing ur pictures was it is not an option for you NOT to get it fixed.
Next she said ALL hospitals have payment options via a monthly bill.
Also she said ALL hospitals offer financial assistance .

 

[focused1974]

Thank You! I am seeing a specialist.

 

[MonkeyWrench]

Yep, that needs some evaluation, good deal.

 

[Presser]

It doesn't look bad from what I can see in the picture , could be a Tare and looks minor but needs attention cause you don't want it peeling of the bone lol. If it shortened up then that sounds like a Tare but the picture doesn't look it to much. Lets us know how it goes bro! Hopefully you popped some small vessels or something minor lol

 

[futuremro]

damn bro that sucks hope you have a speedy recovery

 

[MMX2]

It is a tear- exact same thing happened to me.
Do not wait- just get it looked at ASAP..
Good luck.

 

[1MoreRep]

Damn that's sucks bro, I had a buddy did the same thing and his bicep rolled completely up

 

[Presser]

Damn that's sucks bro, I had a buddy did the same thing and his bicep rolled completely up

Yeah that's nasty! I seen a guys entire pec muscle Tare and roll back! It was a powerlifting meet and we heard someone screaming bloody murder and it was some black guy warming up with just 135pounds on the bench! It looked AWFUL

 

[focused1974]

My bicep

The full arm is this evening. I can't straighten it, but I can move fingers rotate etc.

I am going to specialist on Tuesday earliest they can get me in. I am hoping a partial or not a tear.

Any recommendations on anything to take to help heal?

I heard bone shavings (whatever that is)

Than I heard

Tendons don't repair easily due to poor blood flow there. Some transdermal patches that promote flow of blood can help like the ones used for angina, nitroglycerin patches. They have been clinically tested and found to help. Google this and you'll find how it is to be done.

Than I heard this...


1/2 tsp vit C powder
1 tsp cissus quadrangularis
1 tsp edible gelatine (same amino acid profile as in joints)
1 tsp AAKG (nitric oxide has been shown to improve tendon/ligament healing)
1 tsp glucosamine powder
1 tsp MSM powder
1/4 tsp beta alanine (has also shown promise in tendon healing)

Any steroid, peptide, or any partners recommend anything.

I am assuming to continue IGF...

Thoughts... I would like to think outside the box until I see specialist.

Nasty pic was earlier in day..

Maybe some voodoo Bulgarian stuff. How the hell Terrell Suggs came back.

Any brace recommendations??

 

[focused1974]

All-Right, closing this thread and opening a new one. I am having surgery on Thursday of next week. My Journey To & From Distal Bicep Surgery.