Mattie B
Monday, September 24, 2012 11:09:38 AM
Anybody ever done this?

I was picking up something to heavy at work Friday and ripped my bicep. Now my arm looks like popeye. If it didn't hurt like hell, I would say it was pretty cool.

I need to do the bit from SNL...."I'm here to Pump YOU UP!!"

I'm making an appointment with the Ortho Surgeon today to see if I'll need surgery.

Prayers and well wishes appreciated.

Pic to come soon.

DrafterX
Monday, September 24, 2012 11:22:53 AM
A friend of mine tried to catch a falling keg and ripped his pretty much in half... if you're seeing a bulge it doesn't sound good at all... you may have done the same thing.. his required surgury and it left a pretty good scare... he tells everyone he got bit by a shark tho.. 😟
BuckyB93
Monday, September 24, 2012 11:39:44 AM
Was it something like this?

http://www.hulu.com/watch/4090 

grmcooper
Monday, September 24, 2012 11:42:35 AM
Scares are cool.
watchurai
Monday, September 24, 2012 11:42:44 AM
Woooo, not a good injury. Get to the ortho stat...the longer the muscle tissue has to collapse and atrophy...the longer and more painful the rehab. Good luck, man.
victor809
Monday, September 24, 2012 12:01:35 PM
Tore the calf muscle open once. Don't ignore it. Keep it wrapped (especially with legs, as blood will pool and cause enormous swelling). Probably don't have to worry as much with an arm about compartmentalization, but that's a risk. Mine caused my foot to go purple... and it was months before I could run again.
DrafterX
Monday, September 24, 2012 12:14:00 PM

... and it was months before I could run again.

victor809 wrote:

you must of got beat-up alot in that time.... 😟

Mrs.Tank
Monday, September 24, 2012 12:15:36 PM
Tank ripped 1/2 at the top. He had surgery to repair it. A month afterward, he was scraping frost off of the car windows, and hit a patch of black ice. Fell on his elbow, and completely undid everything they fixed.

He won't go back to let them fix it again.

Numismaniac
Monday, September 24, 2012 12:47:26 PM
As VIc and others stated, this could be a bad'un, go get it fixed, the quicker the better, and it is gonna hurt like hell, but the longer you put it off the worse it will get and you may lose some flexibility, etc later in life. You have torn the muscle, it will greatly affect your ability to turn a screwdriver with any strength, and will not get better if it is so bad that it really needs surgery.
DrafterX
Monday, September 24, 2012 1:08:16 PM
And depending on which arm it could ruin his sex life too.... 😟
Numismaniac
Monday, September 24, 2012 1:11:16 PM
I was trying to give him a little nudge when I said he weren't gonna have enough energy to "drive" that "screwer", hehe
MACS
Monday, September 24, 2012 1:28:05 PM
That sucks, Mattie... you probably will need surgery if it looks like it tore away (as you described).
dubleuhb
Monday, September 24, 2012 1:30:35 PM

And depending on which arm it could ruin his sex life too.... 😟

DrafterX wrote:

😨 Thats's not right.

Mathen
Monday, September 24, 2012 1:35:37 PM
I was on a jump once where a guy got his arm wrapped in the static line --That's the big nylon strap that pulls the parachute out when you jump out of the plane-- Peeled all the meat off his arm from shoulder to wrist, kind of like if you rolled down a tube sock to your ankle. It was nasty. Amazingly, they were able to attach everything again, though it didn't look exactly right after that.
DrMaddVibe
Monday, September 24, 2012 2:26:42 PM
Mattie...you're supposed to switch off!

🐴

tyyler82
Monday, September 24, 2012 3:03:32 PM
Hope you feel better man.
victor809
Monday, September 24, 2012 3:06:55 PM

As VIc and others stated, this could be a bad'un, go get it fixed, the quicker the better, and it is gonna hurt like hell, but the longer you put it off the worse it will get and you may lose some flexibility, etc later in life. You have torn the muscle, it will greatly affect your ability to turn a screwdriver with any strength, and will not get better if it is so bad that it really needs surgery.

Numismaniac wrote:

I don't know if a torn muscle is really a "Dr visit" level injury. I never bothered... (well, at the time I was making occasional "fun and games" trips to see a girl in NYC who was a Dr... so she sorta looked at it). The whole thing will heal as long as you didn't tear all the way through. The calf does have a slightly different shape, but whatever.

The biggest risk is compartment syndrome:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0002204/ 

Keep it wrapped and you should be fine... (granted, I'm not a dr. and I haven't had sex with a dr in a couple years)

05busa
Monday, September 24, 2012 3:37:13 PM
U deffinitely aint man enough to do insanity
JKilburn
Monday, September 24, 2012 6:49:52 PM
Speedy recovery I hope.
Mattie B
Tuesday, September 25, 2012 9:09:24 AM
Well I got some good news (i think) yesterday.

I tore the bicep from the top end. There really is no surgery to fix this injury. I should have minimal loss of range and strength. I may experience fatigue faster than normal.

The only downside is what the Dr. called the Popeye deformity. I will have a big lump now.

The pain should go away in about 3 weeks.

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