Did I tear my bicep???

gustavo · 12-19-2008, 01:28 PM

Just came back from the gym, had chest/bi's and noticed this on my right bicep.. is it a tear?

sorry for the poor quality, took the pics with my cellphone

Pressuah · 12-19-2008, 02:15 PM

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Originally Posted by gustavo

Just came back from the gym, had chest/bi's and noticed this on my right bicep.. is it a tear?

sorry for the poor quality, took the pics with my cellphone

hickey maybe?
ha, i dont think that they show marks on the skin
but if you are experiencing unbearable pain on that arm only, go have it looked at

Dzanjin · 12-19-2008, 07:49 PM

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Originally Posted by gustavo

Just came back from the gym, had chest/bi's and noticed this on my right bicep.. is it a tear?

sorry for the poor quality, took the pics with my cellphone

I don't think it's a tear, but I could be wrong.

I really just looks like a bruise. You could've just had a lot of stress and pressure on your bi's and you might have just busted a blood vessel (causing the bruise). A bruise is just bleeding under the skin more or less anyway. Did you play the punching game w/ some friends at all before the workout? Bruises tend to develop slowly so if not the burst blood vessel then possibly a previous injury...

Either way I'd probably give it a quick look by a doc.

Hope you heal well and it doesn't effect your lifting!

Good luck!

gustavo · 12-19-2008, 09:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Pressuah

hickey maybe?
ha, i dont think that they show marks on the skin
but if you are experiencing unbearable pain on that arm only, go have it looked at

there's only very slight pain when i like tap it, i don't feel it at all

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Originally Posted by Dzanjin

I really just looks like a bruise. You could've just had a lot of stress and pressure on your bi's and you might have just busted a blood vessel (causing the bruise). A bruise is just bleeding under the skin more or less anyway. Did you play the punching game w/ some friends at all before the workout? Bruises tend to develop slowly so if not the burst blood vessel then possibly a previous injury...

nope no punching games

.... felt something in my bi when i was benching, it's not the first time i felt it, i continued my chest workout and then did biceps without any pain..but when i came home and saw this i thought its a tear and freaked out.

will have a doc look at it, thanx for the replies

flangmasterj · 12-19-2008, 11:20 PM

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Originally Posted by gustavo

felt something in my bi when i was benching, it's not the first time i felt it, i continued my chest workout and then did biceps without any pain..but when i came home and saw this i thought its a tear and freaked out.

You felt pain in your biceps while benching?

I can't see how your biceps would be under any stress at all. Does the pain kick in on the negative or the concentric part of the lift?

If their was no pain during your bicep workout then I don't think you have torn anything.

dance2trance · 12-19-2008, 11:33 PM

Range of motion normal?
Pain at any stage of the movement?
Strength normal?

Compare left and right for the above

Btw...i don't think thats a muscle tear

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gustavo · 12-20-2008, 09:22 AM

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Originally Posted by flangmasterj

You felt pain in your biceps while benching?

I can't see how your biceps would be under any stress at all. Does the pain kick in on the negative or the concentric part of the lift?

Yes, most of the time there's slight pain, it happens when i bring the weight down while doing a heavy set it feels like its being stretched.. only the right one

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Originally Posted by flangmasterj

If their was no pain during your bicep workout then I don't think you have torn anything.

yeah... doc said its a bruise but strange i don't remember getting it

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Originally Posted by dance2trance

Range of motion normal?
Pain at any stage of the movement?
Strength normal?

Compare left and right for the above

Btw...i don't think thats a muscle tear

range of motion and strength are normal for both...like i said only when bringing the weight down i feel pain, don't know maybe something wrong with my right arm but i'm glad it isn't a tear.

AnthonyM24 · 12-20-2008, 12:42 PM

a torn bicep tendon usually results in the bicep curling up into a ball close to the shoulder, and by the elbow, it looks collapsed due to the muscle no longer being there + immense pain

doesnt look like a tear, maybe a stretch mark + bruising?

user345008781 · 12-20-2008, 01:02 PM

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Originally Posted by gustavo

Yes, most of the time there's slight pain, it happens when i bring the weight down while doing a heavy set it feels like its being stretched.. only the right one

yeah... doc said its a bruise but strange i don't remember getting it

range of motion and strength are normal for both...like i said only when bringing the weight down i feel pain, don't know maybe something wrong with my right arm but i'm glad it isn't a tear.

Probably a strain and stretching of the skin (hence the stretch marks). Just rest for a week man.