Thoroughly interesting stuff so thanks for sharing. Questions about the spur: did they only realize the spur was causing friction on the bicep during surgery? Or in the MRI pre-surgery?
You mentioned the spur caused pain but did you know at the time it was the reason for the pain? Did they fix the spur...because if unremoved one can assume it will cause friction to the healed bicep?
i had shoulder pain for over 20 years prior the the tear. Hurt it in the martial arts as a kid. So as I said as I would move my arm it was fraying the bicep tendon. I can’t really fault myself for waiting to get it checked til after it snapped because often to correct pain from this common situation is for the surgeon to perform a tenodesis which is snipping the frayed bicep even before it snaps then reattaching the cut tendon where it is full and not frayed. I’m on a phone so meaning the snip it cut off the frayed end and reattach it. So even if I would have had it checked before it snapped they most likely would have cut it anyway.
The spur was found after it snapped cuz I never saw a doctor for my shoulder pain prior to that. And theoretically since the bicep is a 2 joint Muscle meaning it crosses 2 joints the top rubbed on the spur on the top of my humerus which frayed it. When a proximal bicep tear is repaired the surgeon turn it into a one joint muscle. It cross the elbow on its insertion but the Long head never again crosses the shoulder joint as it is reinserted lower into the shaft of the humerus. So even if they didn’t clean up the spur which they did the bicep would never even come close to rubbing on the spur again. But the spur was just starting to rub into my shoulder girdle/roatator cuff.
