So far things have been coming along nicely. No more swelling, but definitely some atrophy from not getting any bicep work in for over 3 weeks, along with limited day to day use of the arm. I'm being extra cautious for now, but have had zero pain for the past 2 weeks plus. The arm feels good, and I've caught myself using it in a way that puts some weight on the bicep, all without incident. On July 20th, my arm measured a hair above 20.5" flexed without a pump. The injury occurred August 6th. Today, the 28th of August, the arm measured at 19.25" inch lightly flexed (being cautious) without a pump. Not terrible, all things considered.
Relaxed. Looks almost normal
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Lightly flexed. You can see the deformity much more easily here
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Lightly flexed. From this angle it looks very similar to how it did pre-injury
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I plan to add in some very light bicep work starting next week, and probably some light, pronated grip back work as well. I'm still going light with everything else, even legs, as I'm trying to keep systemic fatigue to a minimum, and allow my body's recovery processes to focus on healing the injury vs healing muscle from serious training sessions. It's frustrating, and I'm down about 12 pounds at this point, but I'm trying to keep my focus on the long term and not become short sighted.