Newbie here with new bicep tendon rupture

[Pooh6369]

How long was your arm in the brace for the bicep to elbow tendon? Wondering if I can atleast do a recumbent bike after some time? Haven’t done anything in two weeks and I’m going crazy. Can’t imagine another couple months of this.

4 weeks for me in a brace with the sling but I had a bicep and cuff surgery. After that another 3 weeks just the sling.

 

[Pooh6369]

Oh ya sorry for all the different posts just thought of something else. What age were you when ya had the distal bicep tear surgery

53yrs old my bicep tear was at the shoulder

 

[uniquetouch]

Thank you fellas I really appreciate you guys taking the time to talk. I just turned 40 on the 28th so hopefully at the last I’ll be able to go back to working. I have an asphalt sealing/repairs and landscaping business. So hoping to get back to normal so I can at the least work again with what I used to be able to do.

 

[Pig Vomit]

Have an update? You have a surgery date or have you had it already? How are you feeling?

 

[uniquetouch]

Yes had surgery 3 weeks ago. I go tomorrow for my first consultation with the physical therapist and then start PT next week. Feeling pretty good. Top of my wrist is numb and still have a decent amount of swelling. Other than that ok

 

[uniquetouch]

They had to do two incisions bc of how far the tendon retracted.

 

[uniquetouch]

Just giving an update. Couple days past 8 weeks post op. Just got the brace off last Wednesday. Finally able to active flexion. I wasn’t allowed to do any active flexion until this past Wednesday along with supination and pronation. Having difficulty activating my bicep or what’s left of it. Having some occasional discomfort on my right side arm now that I haven’t been working out. Praying nothing happens to this tendon. I’m also wondering with anyone who had this surgery if they took any supplements, creatine , TRT therapy( I hear mixed opinions on this one. Some say it’s good and some say it’s not )