Injured biceps. What to do?

[Fulano]

A couple of years ago I strained my left biceps doing some heavy lifting. It didn't seem serious to me, just a little strained.

Problem is, the pain has not gone away. It hurts when I'm lifting, when I'm not lifting, pretty much all the time. It doesn't throb constantly. For example, it doesn't hurt right now. But if I flex my biceps I can feel it, and if I lift something it hurts.

Over the past year as I have done cycles and lifted hard it has gotten stronger, just like the right side. I can lift just as much weight with it, and it puts on gains just like my uninjured biceps. The only thing is that it hurts all the time.

What is the deal? Is it ever going to get better? What should I do to rehab it?

I've never had a muscle injury that didn't heal before. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Thickneck]

You could have a tear in the tendon . Go see your dr. He will probably get you an mri and you will know for sure then . Is it proximal or distal ?

 

[Fulano]

You could have a tear in the tendon . Go see your dr. He will probably get you an mri and you will know for sure then . Is it proximal or distal ?

It doesn't seem to be in the area of the tendon, specifically. It seems to be in the body of the muscle itself.

 

[zkt]

I would guess that you tore some muscle fibers and that the scar tissue is rubbing against the muscle fascia causing pain with a mechanism similar to Myofascial Pain Syndrome.

 

[HeadDoc]

Check out the use of Astym by physical therapists It is for soft tissue repair.

 

[Thickneck]

Bump to all of that . Try rubbing the hell out of it to break up the scar tissue .

 

[bigrobbie]

A couple of years ago I strained my left biceps doing some heavy lifting. It didn't seem serious to me, just a little strained.

Problem is, the pain has not gone away. It hurts when I'm lifting, when I'm not lifting, pretty much all the time. It doesn't throb constantly. For example, it doesn't hurt right now. But if I flex my biceps I can feel it, and if I lift something it hurts.

Over the past year as I have done cycles and lifted hard it has gotten stronger, just like the right side. I can lift just as much weight with it, and it puts on gains just like my uninjured biceps. The only thing is that it hurts all the time.

What is the deal? Is it ever going to get better? What should I do to rehab it?

I've never had a muscle injury that didn't heal before. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

I had a similar problem moving furniture for a living....does it feel like RSS..like you've been throwing a football for 3 hours? I may be off on this, but I had RS from locking my right arm at a right angle carrying boxes daily. It felt like I had thrown a football or baseball for hours...

The pain is deep just below the bicep peak? It's worse in the morning and before bed if not doing anything physical? Just a few questions to see if it's anything like my nagging bicep troubles.

 

[Fulano]

I had a similar problem moving furniture for a living....does it feel like RSS..like you've been throwing a football for 3 hours? I may be off on this, but I had RS from locking my right arm at a right angle carrying boxes daily. It felt like I had thrown a football or baseball for hours...

Exactly. The "heavy lifting" I did wasn't in the weight room. It was moving a heavy machine back and forth between offices... several times a week... for a year.

A lot like moving furniture for a living.

The pain is deep just below the bicep peak? It's worse in the morning and before bed if not doing anything physical? Just a few questions to see if it's anything like my nagging bicep troubles.

EXACTLY.

 

[zkt]

Check out the use of Astym by physical therapists It is for soft tissue repair.

From their website it looks a lot like trigger point therapy.

 

[bigrobbie]

It eventually will ease up bro. I'm glad I could make it relate. I deal with this at least 2X per month.

Topical rubs and time! You'll be ok.

 

[Fulano]

Thanks for the advice. Daily massage has become part of my routine. We'll see how it works out.

 

[bigrobbie]

So how is the bicep pain bro....?

 

[bigflipperj]

I had some similar naggin pains over the years......some I even thought I would have forever.

I then started A.R.T Active release techniqe and it seriously changed my world.....I got pretty much
anytime I feel some over use injurys happening.

In fact I have one in my elbow right now I am treating.

good luck with it man!

bigflipperj

 

[Fulano]

I just got back from a 2 week vacation where i couldn't lift at all for the whole 2 weeks. The biceps seems to be completely better, or almost completely better.