Thread: Torn Bicep Recovery Questions

Originally Posted by Oneandonlyrex

Completely detached my bicep last night and I’m set up to meet the orthopedic surgeon on Monday. Any of my brothers out there having and tips on ways to help speed up the recovery process after surgery? Any information would be greatly appreciated.

Are you referring to a distal bicep tendon rupture (tear tendon from the forearm bone)? If so, I did that two years ago.

In order to reattach the tendon the surgeon drills a hole through your radius bone; pulls the tendon through the hole and anchors it so it does not come out. There really is not much you can do to speed up recovery because you have to wait for the bone to regrow around the tendon.

I started doing physical therapy about 8 weeks post surgery.

Let me knowing you have questions.


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Yup the distal tendon. The surgeon is using a newer type of anchor, no hole drilled thru the bone. This one looks almost like a drywall anchor, he said it saves the tendon and extra 5-6 cm from shortening because it doesn’t have to be pulled thru that drilled hole. I start physical therapy 5 days post surgery.

Originally Posted by Oneandonlyrex

Yup the distal tendon. The surgeon is using a newer type of anchor, no hole drilled thru the bone. This one looks almost like a drywall anchor, he said it saves the tendon and extra 5-6 cm from shortening because it doesn’t have to be pulled thru that drilled hole. I start physical therapy 5 days post surgery.

My doctor said the anchor method (what you are having) is the more anatomically correct way to fix it. The drawback is you need to keep your arm locked in a brace post for a longer period of time because it is much easier to pull the anchor out of the bone than the endo bottom method (hole drilled through bone method). 7-10 days post surgery the doctor told me I did not have to wear a brace, I just could not pick up anything heavier than 5 pounds. I think you will need to be in a brace for 4-6 weeks.

Did you have the surgery yet? How did it go?


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