Help Misc Brahs! Snapped My Arm In The Gym. GTFIH If U Can Offer Advice . SRS

[clangsta]

how many years have you been training? looking big for natty

Have trained over 10 years and have always been really dedicated to it.

[MuscleDood]

got me worried now op, only time i've ever seen arms break is when the big powerlifters pick up like 600lbs or more

[eLjay28]

Benching fuked up my shoulders.....don't even funk with it anymore caused shoulder dislocation.


When I do bench its light ass weight and do German volume training on it for a mix.


You'll pull through bruh, if it wasn't for sports I wouldn't of even bench.

[411hounddog]

O chit

[MuscleDood]

Have trained over 10 years and have always been really dedicated to it.

nice,

good luck with your recovery.

[Merc009]

fawk, im never benching again

[oe7Leo]

this is not very humerus.

p.s. they used staples bc it is a very long incision, which makes the risk of infection greater, and staples are easier to remove. If they sutured the skin shut and you developed a wound infection, they would have to cut you open again.

[LargeWill]

broke my right forearm in half twice, first time compound (broke through the skin) and the second time got plates put in

hurt my range of motion, even to today. hurts to do curls and certain exercises in my wrist

pm me if you have any questions

[MuscleDood]

did your left arm give out and you tried to push it backwards onto the hooks?

[xaxistech]

SRS, ask your doctor is you can use prescribed AAS to reduce muscle loss from inactivity. Uncle tore his ACL and got 4 months of prescribed AAS since he barley moved his legs when in recovery.


Also, thanks for making me 100x more paranoid to bench

[trimble006]

Chest day, not even once again.

No cast brah?

GL with your recovery. You in school or working? How much life outside of lifting will this **** up? Driving?

*never broken a bone crew*
*knocking on everything wooden he can find crew*

[Joska]

Good luck with your recovery.

[theculture]

disregard my crews, they are just for fun

My right arm made it, so the bar was secured. The left arm didn't make it, so it was pushing the weight upwards, but (as I was sat slightly too forward on the bench) also backwards. It was more the backward motion that caused it. The backward combined with upward has caused twisting motion in the bone, this is what caused it to shatter. If you actually lie on your bed and imagine this movement, it feels like what an arm wrestler break would be like. My arm broke just above the elbow.

Ok now I understand fully..good luck with recovery brah.
Someone mentioned "this is why I use DB"s", i'm pretty sure the same thing can happen if you lower/drop the weights in a simialar fashion.. causing your arm to twist backwards. I guess just avoid that motion as much as possible

[clangsta]

[QUOTE=MuscleDood;926172693]did your left arm give out and you tried to push it backwards onto the hooks?[/QUOTE

yep pretty much this brah, nothing too unusual but sometimes you get unlucky and life throws chit at you that you just gotta take on the chin and deal with.

[Lightly-Juiced]

thats an insane scare. good look recovering

[clangsta]

Chest day, not even once again.

No cast brah?

GL with your recovery. You in school or working? How much life outside of lifting will this **** up? Driving?

*never broken a bone crew*
*knocking on everything wooden he can find crew*

Arm is held together by plates and screws so they don't need to put a cast on brah.

I am working. My job is office based and it won't affect work too much. Got a 7 week sick note and don't expect to be off any longer than this from my job. I commute on a train and I don't imagine it will phuck up my life too much outside the gym. My movement is already coming back. First week was a nightmare but I spent it all in hospital so no harm done. Just gonna chill with my family for a few weeks and recover nice and slow and keep taking pain relief every few hours. Am just 100% focused on getting my arm to work as normal now, nothing else in life is going to really matter to me these next few months.

[belmont316]

LMAO , perfect use of gif you frail ass hoe

[clangsta]

Ok now I understand fully..good luck with recovery brah.
Someone mentioned "this is why I use DB"s", i'm pretty sure the same thing can happen if you lower/drop the weights in a simialar fashion.. causing your arm to twist backwards. I guess just avoid that motion as much as possible

yep def avoid the backward motion fellow miscers. I believe this is what has cost me. Keep your form tight at all times. One slight movement the wrong way and life can change in a big way.

[loadedbrah]

ouch brah ((

tore my acl, and i wasnt able to do legs for 1 year and 2 months



i would rather have broken something than tear something. do your therapy brah and good luck with recovery. are you allowed to do legs at least in the mean time?

1 year and 2 months? My physio had me back to heavy weights in 4 months after my ACL tear

[Dogis]

Broke shoulder and ankle. Both motorcycle accidents. Dislocated and broke the collarbone into two pieces, it was standing around 10 cm higher than where its supposed to be. Ankle snapped into two, I could see the bone sticking out. They said if i went to surgery 30 minutes later i would probably be an amputee. Both healed and recovered very well. You gonna be ok OP, you gonna be ok.

[Liet]

Motherofgod....

brb never benching again
brb if I do it'll be with pink dumbbells for 30 reps to get toned

[clangsta]

Broke shoulder and ankle. Both motorcycle accidents. Dislocated and broke the collarbone into two pieces, it was standing around 10 cm higher than where its supposed to be. Ankle snapped into two, I could see the bone sticking out. They said if i went to surgery 30 minutes later i would probably be an amputee. Both healed and recovered very well. You gonna be ok OP, you gonna be ok.

fuark brah, really inspiring and am glad to see you are fully recovered. Thank god you got operated on in time. Stay safe dude.

[Mogambo]

OP says his left arm broke. Picture is of a right arm.

[Mwn11]

Oh lawd. Feel for you.

[clangsta]

OP says his left arm broke. Picture is of a right arm.

pic is taken in a mirror dude.

[TheCane]

I am not sure about this. The staples feel very secure though and there is a lot of stretching of the skin already taking place. Some medic brah might be able to advise.

Well staples are a bit faster. More importantly though, staples are much more efficient for large cuts or openings in that stitches aren't able to hold long incisions together, staples are stronger in that regard.

[SoCool]

Broke mine armwrestling in '05. Scar looked the same as yours. I wish I would've casted it instead of surgery. Prepare to never recover fully. I now have tendonitis and bursitis in elbow and tricep. Bench max dropped about 30%. You'll prob want to take that hardware out when you can. I waited 4 years and saw some improvement after I had it removed. Feel for you bro.

[davesterrr]

Fuk mayne, i thought the worst case scenario in benching was the weight dropping back on your chest aslong as you don't do the suicide grip.
Didn't expect this to happen, goodlucks on the healing part bro.

[clangsta]

Broke mine armwrestling in '05. Scar looked the same as yours. I wish I would've casted it instead of surgery. Prepare to never recover fully. I now have tendonitis and bursitis in elbow and tricep. Bench max dropped about 30%. You'll prob want to take that hardware out when you can. I waited 4 years and saw some improvement after I had it removed. Feel for you bro.

phuck dude that don't sound good at all I contemplated a cast to the surgery option, but there was about 10 docs and surgeons all telling me to get operated on so I just went with what they said to me. Really felt like it was my only option as they were so strongly advising the op to go ahead. Sorry to hear about all your problems. I just have to pray and hope that I recover. Really hope you fully improve eventually and get back to where you were pre-op.

[Isokinetik]

keep us updated on your progress to recovery OP. Hope you get better soon brah (no homo)