Everyone has pulled an arm muscle or experienced upper arm muscle pain at one point or another. Maybe you were doing light work in the yard or trying to lift some heavy weights in the gym – in either case, you’ve worked your arms past their point of comfort and now they’re screaming in pain.
Muscle pull or strain injuries typically occur with eccentric muscle contractions - eccentric muscle contractions occur when the external resistance is greater than the force applied by the muscle, so that the muscle lengthens as it contracts. This is also know as the negative, for example, the downward motion during a barbell curl.
Muscle injury and strain typically happen near the muscle-tendon junction, and the muscle fibers themselves are partially torn. Muscle tears can happen from a single violent force or from prolonged over strain.
Bicep Injury and Bicep Muscle Pain
Torn bicep injuries are a pain in the you-know-what! Torn biceps generally occur when your bicep muscle is fully extended and under too much strain - such as in the eccentric (negative) contraction of a curling movement. Isolation exercises such as the preacher curl can increase the chances of a torn bicep due to the strain it put on the bicep - especially when using excessively heavy weights, and not warming up properly.
Identifying A Torn Bicep Muscle
When you’re lifting excessively heavy weights or just haven’t warmed up properly, you can increase your chances of a torn bicep muscle. This generally happens when the muscle is fully extended and is unable to handle the force of the weight. When the bicep tear occurs, you will feel a sharp pain in your bicep, followed by more pain and bicep muscle weakness once you’ve put the weight down and eventually the area will bruise.
Preventing Bicep tear & Treating Torn Bicep Muscle
A bicep tear can be a very serious injury. If you experienced the conditions as described above, you should stop your workout immediately, and consult a doctor. Further stress placed on torn biceps will only worse the bicep muscle injury.
For mild cases of bicep tear, therapy program involving range of motion exercises is usually need. In some severe cases, you may require surgery to repair the tear. The best advice is to see a doctor immediately if you think that you might have a bicep tear – continuing to workout through the pain can lead to permanent damage.
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