Torn bicep?
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Getting an injury like that would be a pain in the årse for your average couch potato let alone a gym junky and active body builder. The freakish nature of the incident must also be a wee bit unsettling.<br />
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But awesome and amazing to see how you're handling this.<br />
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[gay] You are an inspiration both in triumph and adversity [/gay] -
thanks my gay friend <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/rugby/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=';)' /><br />
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I think though the body is more susceptible to this sort of thing in the last week before a comp =- carb depleting, low energy levels. Last year at one stage a jumped down from a deck to the lawn, as I have done 1000 times before, only about 2 feet, and my calf muscle 'popped', but only a slight strain. Just the body running on empty and me paying for it!! <br />
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Great news on the gym front today though, managed to do some more weights with no pain, and last night doing our pairs routine with a lift still managed to lift Ness above my head with no pain. It's only the curling motion that has me a bit buggered and week, but in saying that today managed some reverse curls, olympic bar, no weights, but it was not painful or uncomfortable.<br />
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So with all this experimenting, and just 3 days after injnury, I am quietly optimistic about the rehab, there are a ton of exercises that I will be able to do without straining the biceps. -
what spun me out was the doc's response! so if you were an 'average joe' and ripped your bicep off they'd avoid surgery and focus on strengthing the surrounding muscles!!? If it has been [i]ripped off[/i] isn't it kind of farking broken!!? Maybe I'm just reading that wrong.<br />
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In any case your attitude is fantastic mate, you didn't happen to have a pre-game chat with Inu the other night did you!? Lots of people could do with a slice of your attitude toward adversity!<br />
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Keep us posted on the rehab goals bro, we'll cheer you along.... until you start curling more with a ripped bicep than we can manage with a non-busted arm, lol! -
I think that the fact that there is zero pain, or next to zero pain, it is really just a cosmetic injury as such! AS my sport is cosmetic though, she is sympathetic to the cause! I dare say I have lost strength too, but too scared to really push it yet to find out!!<br />
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Basically it has not stopped me from doing anything yet that I would normally do, so I can see why her response was as such!!<br />
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Yes, think I might do a journal on this one, as I could find fark all on the net when I was looking. Might help other punters down the track! -
Didn't Lillyman at the warriors have the same injury? For some reason I just can't get around how you can rip your bicep and it doesn't seem to cause that many functional issues!!<br />
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A blog/journal sounds like a good idea - easier to read compared to threads about recovery etc. -
A mate of mine just had his re attached - did it last rugby season, came back playing about 5 weeks later. Strapped to buggery and bugger all tackle strength on his right side, otherwise as good as gold for him. He's coming along fine, bhut probably won't be playing code again now - he is 36 though!! Just the no strength thing was the main issue for him. Have appointment for ultra sound on Tuesday next, and have form in with specialist now for appointment. Hope that wait not too long!
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SO scan scheduled for this coming Tuesday, and then appointment with surgeon to check me out on the 25th of June.. Same one that is going to chop Ness up. Am on the cancellation list though, so if someone pulls pin before then, I'll be winging to Tauranga quicker than a quick thing. <br />
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Was funny, his receptionist asked if I was in any pain from the injury when she was booking me in. While there is now a dull throb at times, the truthful answer was no, so I told a fib saying that yes, hurting quite a bit when I do stuff etc. Mainly when I lift my wife above my head in our pairs routine... -
wasnt this also what Phil Waugh did last year and he carried on playing?
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come to think of it yeah. You just lose a lot of strength, and in my case symetry, which is more important!! So will just go with the flow and see how it goes, operate when it comes along, and keep on keeping on until then. Training as per usual, just lighter weights for curls and probably pull down type things!
