Haven't posted in a long while, but I knew this was the place I might be able to get answers.
Has anyone else ever had a biceps tendon strain? I was working out back on Halloween (I remember it clearly) and had an unexpected pain in my shoulder. I knew right away it was the bad type of pain that people always warn you about. I stopped the workout, ultimately had an ortho doc look at it and he diagnosed Biceps Tendon Strain. While I had the most improvement over the first 30 days, seven months later I'm still not 100%. I've done RICE, a cortisone shot, and physical therapy thus far. I went for a second opinion, second doc told me these things could take as long as a year to recover. He basically made me feel like I was wasting his time.
I'm at the point where I have resumed my strength training and am pretty much back to the level of weights I was before (except for my shoulder excercises - I'm only lifting half of what I used to lift - more aggravates the shoulder). But I find that my shoulder pain can be triggered by the slightest thing - like weeding in the garden, or mixing meatloaf by hand, or too much time typing at the computer.
Basically my complaint is that although I can pretty much do anything I want, I'm always aware of a nuisance pain in my right shoulder. Whereas I'm rarely even aware I have a left shoulder - if that makes any sense at all. I get a burning sensation in the front of the shoulder and an achy feeling in the back of the shoulder almost daily, more acutely when I've aggravated it. I can't get over this nagging thought that there's something else going on.
My question is - if you've had a biceps tendon strain, how long did it take to heal? Are my symptons similar to what you experienced? What treatment was most effective for you? I'm not expecting any medical advice, I just would like to see how my experience compares to someone else with the same diagnosis.
Sorry for the long post -
Has anyone else ever had a biceps tendon strain? I was working out back on Halloween (I remember it clearly) and had an unexpected pain in my shoulder. I knew right away it was the bad type of pain that people always warn you about. I stopped the workout, ultimately had an ortho doc look at it and he diagnosed Biceps Tendon Strain. While I had the most improvement over the first 30 days, seven months later I'm still not 100%. I've done RICE, a cortisone shot, and physical therapy thus far. I went for a second opinion, second doc told me these things could take as long as a year to recover. He basically made me feel like I was wasting his time.
I'm at the point where I have resumed my strength training and am pretty much back to the level of weights I was before (except for my shoulder excercises - I'm only lifting half of what I used to lift - more aggravates the shoulder). But I find that my shoulder pain can be triggered by the slightest thing - like weeding in the garden, or mixing meatloaf by hand, or too much time typing at the computer.
Basically my complaint is that although I can pretty much do anything I want, I'm always aware of a nuisance pain in my right shoulder. Whereas I'm rarely even aware I have a left shoulder - if that makes any sense at all. I get a burning sensation in the front of the shoulder and an achy feeling in the back of the shoulder almost daily, more acutely when I've aggravated it. I can't get over this nagging thought that there's something else going on.
My question is - if you've had a biceps tendon strain, how long did it take to heal? Are my symptons similar to what you experienced? What treatment was most effective for you? I'm not expecting any medical advice, I just would like to see how my experience compares to someone else with the same diagnosis.
Sorry for the long post -
