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So I was benching today. The bar came down to my chest. It was about an inch from my chest and i felt this odd sensation like buttons running down the inside of my right pec were popping open and the feeling of a towel ripping.
I had the bar taken off me and it immediately felt like i had been punched in the shest.
Its a few hours later now. No bruising, but serious pain. My trap and delt have locked up to support the pec. I cant feel or see any tear thoughbut something feels odd.
Have i torn it?
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Yep.
You need an MRI to determine if the pec is torn off the tendon, even partially. This will help you determine whether you should get surgery. If it's covered or you can afford it, do it. Look into someone who has done this type of surgery before do see if they can cosmetically fix any damage.
Don't get an X-Ray, it's useless.
Get the surgery about 10 days from now if you need it.
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Sound like a pec tear to me... You are going to need Open heart surgery to repair it
(http://catalog.nucleusinc.com/imagescooked/6985W.jpg)
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So I was benching today. The bar came down to my chest. It was about an inch from my chest and i felt this odd sensation like buttons running down the inside of my right pec were popping open and the feeling of a towel ripping.
I had the bar taken off me and it immediately felt like i had been punched in the shest.
Its a few hours later now. No bruising, but serious pain. My trap and delt have locked up to support the pec. I cant feel or see any tear thoughbut something feels odd.
Have i torn it?
Sounds like a tear to me... :(..good luck.
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i havent done flat bench in yrs. that's one thing i agree with chick on, say away from flat bench.
i hope you were benching for a lucrative supplement contract or a nfl gig.
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May i ask how many hundreds of pounds were you benching when you blew out you pecs and at what rep
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there is not always bruising with tears. but you should see a difference in shape of the pec. try flex it and feel?
either way if it is a tear get surgery as soon as possible.
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if your shit looks like this tomorrow...... You my friend are FUCKKED
(http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lhqrl6JT9t1qbw12jo1_500.jpg)
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there is not always bruising with tears. but you should see a difference in shape of the pec. try flex it and feel?
either way if it is a tear get surgery as soon as possible.
No difference in shape, and its still thich around the chest delt tie in where they usually pig off off.
Im hoping it was just a grade 1 rupture.
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No difference in shape, and its still thich around the chest delt tie in where they usually pig off off.
Im hoping it was just a grade 1 rupture.
You won't be able to see or feel tears until the swelling goes down. (Trust me I've torn pec, lat, quad and ham).
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You won't be able to see or feel tears until the swelling goes down. (Trust me I've torn pec, lat, quad and ham).
Let me guess ... HIIT / Dog Crap Training ::)
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Let me guess ... HIIT / Dog Crap Training ::)
Not at all. Actually it's because I'm a midget with 40 extra lbs on my smallish frame, and I take too many drugs. Ok with you, "Nails"?
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if your shit looks like this tomorrow...... You my friend are FUCKKED
(http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lhqrl6JT9t1qbw12jo1_500.jpg)
Dorian dwarfing Jay in that pic, torn bicep and all.
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Dorian dwarfing Jay in that pic, torn bicep and all.
Hahahaha nicely played.
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You won't be able to see or feel tears until the swelling goes down. (Trust me I've torn pec, lat, quad and ham).
You should try training for cuts these days.
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Dorian dwarfing Jay in that pic, torn bicep and all.
lmao I was wondering what you were talking about until I saw the fridge :D
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You should try training for cuts these days.
I'll go for the health look soon enough.
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Sound like a pec tear to me... You are going to need Open heart surgery to repair it
(http://catalog.nucleusinc.com/imagescooked/6985W.jpg)
X2
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You won't be able to see or feel tears until the swelling goes down. (Trust me I've torn pec, lat, quad and ham).
This is true. If you feel around on both sides you may be able to tell if a tendon is missing by comparing both sides. If you have insurance make sure to tell the Dr that you are having a hard time moving your arm and are afraid of permanent loss of motion. Don't act like you want this done because you want to be able to bench what you did before. This is not a good reason and the DR might just say he doesn't recommend surgery and you should just do rehab. Also remember that after 10 days the tendon will adhere back to the bone where it is laying, this will make surgery a little more complicated.
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Nails, a friend of mind just had that open heart surgery.
I got to watch it through an operating room window, but left when they started closing him up.
(I have a friend who does the heart massage thing.)
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Nails, a friend of mind just had that open heart surgery.
I got to watch it through an operating room window, but left when they started closing him up.
(I have a friend who does the heart massage thing.)
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Shoulda just done some pushups instead. In the long run it would have been more anabolic.
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Yep.
You need an MRI to determine if the pec is torn off the tendon, even partially. This will help you determine whether you should get surgery. If it's covered or you can afford it, do it. Look into someone who has done this type of surgery before do see if they can cosmetically fix any damage.
Don't get an X-Ray, it's useless.
Get the surgery about 10 days from now if you need it.
x2....I had no bruising or anything either. All tendons intact....right through belly of muscle. All I was told was that it was a 'slight strain'.....
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Dorian dwarfing Jay in that pic, torn bicep and all.
lolz
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it might not be as bad as it seems. A few years ago I thought I tore a pec. Had extreme sharp pain, then discomfort even from breathing. It was also closer to the sternum. It was injured for a while but healed on its own with no residual loss of strength or muscle deformity so I assume it was not actually torn. AFAIK pec tears usually are from the outside so you may also not have a pec tear. Don't want to give you false hope, just telling you that it might not be the end of the world so postpone any plans of offing yourself :)
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if u have a tear you'll know about it soon enough. get ice on it as much as you can for as long as you can, completely immobolise and get the doc and mri asap.
certainly sounds like a tear to me. you wont nec see any change on shape..and tears can occur at either end of the pec, and even along its length. most tears wont cause a change of shape actually unless you've really ripped that sucker off a tendon or tendon from bone or done a major tear, and id think you'd be in agony by now.
those are usually the ones that bruise also.
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Thanks for the advice guys. Im in the UK so dont need medical insurance. Not sure if i should be going to my doctors or the accident and emergency ward in the hospital though!?
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Thanks for the advice guys. Im in the UK so dont need medical insurance. Not sure if i should be going to my doctors or the accident and emergency ward in the hospital though!?
Go to A&E and say it's really hurting. You'll get seen to and dealt with much quicker...
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hGh cures all
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Death slowly awaits...
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Definitely a tear of some degree. If it was a complete tear, the pain would almost be unbearable when you did it, so you should know. I tore mine clean off. It went numb pretty fast but the next day my whole bicep was black. It depends how you sleep that night and where the bleeding goes. Some people get the bruising on their pec. Surgery is pivotal if it's a complete rupture with the tendon disconnected. You will never bench even 50% of the weight if you don't get surgery. I did and strength is about 80% of what it was but I never go heavy anymore. Just rep out with 10-15 on incline and dumbells. I never do bench now.
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if your shit looks like this tomorrow...... You my friend are FUCKKED
(http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lhqrl6JT9t1qbw12jo1_500.jpg)
Mine looked like that within 3-4 hours.
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Been to the hospital. They checked me over and said they though i hadnt torn it but had severly strained my intercostals and my pectoral. They said they couldn't find any malformation in the muscle and there was no bruising. Plus i still have strength in all plains of motion.
When I injured myself i was wearing a bench shirt. So im thinking it was starting to go and the shirt stopped it from fully tearing.
I guess time will tell.
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Been to the hospital. They checked me over and said they though i hadnt torn it but had severly strained my intercostals and my pectoral. They said they couldn't find any malformation in the muscle and there was no bruising. Plus i still have strength in all plains of motion.
When I injured myself i was wearing a bench shirt. So im thinking it was starting to go and the shirt stopped it from fully tearing.
I guess time will tell.
congrats!
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Been to the hospital. They checked me over and said they though i hadnt torn it but had severly strained my intercostals and my pectoral. They said they couldn't find any malformation in the muscle and there was no bruising. Plus i still have strength in all plains of motion.
When I injured myself i was wearing a bench shirt. So im thinking it was starting to go and the shirt stopped it from fully tearing.
I guess time will tell.
All that complaining and its not torn >:(
.....suck it up princess!
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if your shit looks like this tomorrow...... You my friend are FUCKKED
(http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lhqrl6JT9t1qbw12jo1_500.jpg)
But your tan is almost perfect instantly.
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All that complaining and its not torn >:(
.....suck it up princess!
Ha ha well it bloody felt like it had!
I still cant hardly moe it but im happy its not totally fucked.
i would have hated having to have open heart surgery! ;D
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Ha ha well it bloody felt like it had!
I still cant hardly moe it but im happy its not totally fucked.
i would have hated having to have open heart surgery! ;D
please take this as a warning and stop trying to compete with the powerlifters on Bench poundages
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PIP
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please take this as a warning and stop trying to compete with the powerlifters on Bench poundages
Seriously. I read bench shirt and imediatly went '' got what he deserved ''lol.
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I had a tear like that and it's exactly how you described. Those are micro tears if it tore so that the muscle ripped apart or off the bone you'll know. You probably get some bruising the next day or two. Mine looked the worse after the second day. Bruising all over my chest extending to my back.
Not much you can do but rest and let it heal. I didn't wait long enough and reinjured it. It just tripled the recovery time.
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Get a second opinion maybe even a third. My first dr told me it was either a big scar or a dent in my chest, but that it wouldnt make a difference what a did. Another dr found a full rupture of the tendon that having not been repaired would have meant complete atrophy of my pec eventually.
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if your shit looks like this tomorrow...... You my friend are FUCKKED
(http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lhqrl6JT9t1qbw12jo1_500.jpg)
Not that hes trying to defend his "title". ;D