Okay so about a week and a half ago I started getting a dull aching pain in the front/top of my shoulder. I stopped lifting and went to the doctor and had it diagnosed as "biceps tendinitis". The doctor prescribed me rest, an NSAID, and icing. I took a week and a half off, and during this week and a half was icing and resting it. Last night I went to the gym and did my first chest routine since the injury. On bench press I went very light, sticking to only what I usually use to warm up. I didn't really feel any pain, though my shoulder felt slightly strange. I'm not experiencing any pain on a day-to-day basis, so my real question is can I jump right back into lifting heavy/at the intensity I was before I got hurt? I'm very tentative to start training at my usual intensity for fear that the pain/injury will resurface. Any help/advice would be very appreciated!
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02-09-2010, 11:57 AM #1
Working Through Biceps Tendonitis
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02-09-2010, 12:55 PM #2
evaluate yourself:
if there's pain, lighten the load till there's no pain; try to preserve your range of motion.
ref
why not train through pain? http://bit.ly/1NMp2K
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02-09-2010, 03:06 PM #3
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02-09-2010, 08:21 PM #4
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02-10-2010, 01:42 AM #5
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02-10-2010, 10:58 AM #6
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02-10-2010, 11:14 AM #7
The long head biceps tendon passes between the acromion head and the humerus. If you have impingement this tendon will be affected. You said that you feel this tendon with pressing movement ,do u feel it with pulling movements.
You MUST know what caused it ,because curing the inflammation will not end it. You can possibly hurt it again. Now do u understand why I am curious what it caused it?
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02-10-2010, 11:21 AM #8
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02-10-2010, 06:35 PM #9
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02-11-2010, 07:33 PM #10
I lifted chest/tri's again tonight, went very light. However, the pain that used to be mainly in the front/top of my shoulder has now moved to the top/back of my shoulder, which is leading me to question the diagnosis of biceps tendonitis? The pain is not severe by any means, it is just a nagging pain that is causing me to worry. Thoughts?
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02-12-2010, 12:56 AM #11
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02-12-2010, 01:53 AM #12
Well that's a hard one to say absolutely - lots of variables - including what pain is.
BUt let's say you've just gone up by 2 pounds on a lift and you feel it twinging and you back off back down to where there's no twinge and good ROM. You're largely dandy.
Acute Pain is a signal to change what you're doing. The sooner it's attended the better.
does that help?
mc
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02-12-2010, 07:24 AM #13
I have long head bicep tendonitis in my left arm. I even find pushups cause me pain in front of my shoulder.
But puching a punching bad causes no pain whatsover.
strange. Anyone know why?"In AUSTRALIA
Each year there are 470 000 adverse events, 18 000 deaths, and 50 000 permanent disabilities arising from medical error and negligence each year. This is four times higher compared to the USA." (Second oppinion, GERMOV quote, page 293)
353 fatal car crashes were recorded on Australian roads in 2008 (RTA, 2008). You are 50 TIMES more likely to die from medical negligence from a DOCTOR compared to being fatally injured in a car crash and they say driving is dangerous.
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02-12-2010, 11:30 AM #14
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02-12-2010, 03:39 PM #15
I have now had it for over 4 months. It actually went away in those 4 months but came back after I went swimming and did some overhand freestyle swimming.. I knows its tendonitis and not tendonosis as when I ice it helps with the pain alot.
I think I got mine when I was carrying a heavy shopping bag home. My arm got really fatigued. I could feel a mild strain in the bicep.
The next few days I picked a dumbbell of the ground deadlift style and could feel a strain in my bicep.
Swimming freestyle really made it worse."In AUSTRALIA
Each year there are 470 000 adverse events, 18 000 deaths, and 50 000 permanent disabilities arising from medical error and negligence each year. This is four times higher compared to the USA." (Second oppinion, GERMOV quote, page 293)
353 fatal car crashes were recorded on Australian roads in 2008 (RTA, 2008). You are 50 TIMES more likely to die from medical negligence from a DOCTOR compared to being fatally injured in a car crash and they say driving is dangerous.
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02-12-2010, 03:53 PM #16
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02-12-2010, 04:12 PM #17
No swelling or pain on palpitation.
Just pain when using my arm.
I had an ultrasound done which showed that my bicp tendon is fine no swelling or anything. No evidence of impingement.
But it did show that I have supraspinatus tendonosis. But I have no pain or weakness in the supraspinatus and have full strength in all rotator cuff tests. The doctor said that the inflammation from the supraspinatus is affecting my bicep tendon.
I went to my physio who said that I have bicep tendonitis as seen the symptoms I am experiencing. He said I dont have any supraspinatus tendonosis as there is no evidence for it in the physical tests and sometimes ultrasounds are no always accurate."In AUSTRALIA
Each year there are 470 000 adverse events, 18 000 deaths, and 50 000 permanent disabilities arising from medical error and negligence each year. This is four times higher compared to the USA." (Second oppinion, GERMOV quote, page 293)
353 fatal car crashes were recorded on Australian roads in 2008 (RTA, 2008). You are 50 TIMES more likely to die from medical negligence from a DOCTOR compared to being fatally injured in a car crash and they say driving is dangerous.
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02-12-2010, 04:39 PM #18
There is a study that shows that 95% suffer from biceps tendonitis have a degree of impingement. Anyway impingement is not a serious injury because it can be treated with stretches and RC strengthing. Even with severe cases the bones can be shaven with arthoscope and quick rehab. I am asking you this questions because tendonitis on its own can be treated. Its the cause that matters. You must know the cause.
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02-12-2010, 04:52 PM #19
Also before I use to hear like a snaping sound around the bicep tendon area when sometimes moving my arm.
I dont have this anymore.
I have been doing a lot of external rotation exercises. Shoulder dislocaton stretches and chest stretches.
I know mine was causes by a strain. But I did not let it heal.
How did you get your bicep tendonitis?"In AUSTRALIA
Each year there are 470 000 adverse events, 18 000 deaths, and 50 000 permanent disabilities arising from medical error and negligence each year. This is four times higher compared to the USA." (Second oppinion, GERMOV quote, page 293)
353 fatal car crashes were recorded on Australian roads in 2008 (RTA, 2008). You are 50 TIMES more likely to die from medical negligence from a DOCTOR compared to being fatally injured in a car crash and they say driving is dangerous.
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02-13-2010, 02:17 AM #20
I spent 2 months doing heavy front squats and placing a heavy bar at a wrong place on my delts. I strained my delts then went afterwards and pushed through pain in bench press.
I got supraspinatus tendinitis and biceps tendinitis. First got 100% cured with 1 cortisone shot. I am still waiting for biceps tendinitis to heal with rest. I did very good stretches and Rehab program for impingement. http://www.athleticadvisor.com/image...mpingement.pdf
It will only take you 2 weeks to feel improvements. The biceps tendon is very long and the inflammation can be anywhere. I am also not sure if I strained something else in my delts. MRI can't show everything.
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