Thread: Torn Bicep Recovery Questions

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.

That sucks. How’d you tear it?

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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Took me 3 months to recover back to lifting

I would think TB 500/BPC 157 with GH or without could help for sure


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That’s the shit thing, wasn’t even lifting. Picked up the corner of a piece of plywood and went to lift and snap crackle pop felt it and heard it let go and looked over and saw my bicep rolled up to my shoulder.

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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I have torn the distal tendon in both left and right arm. Both repairs with anchors. Took around 12 weeks to get back to lifting with each recovery. The long head tendon in my right arm popped about 4 months ago. Doctors will not repair it. Said to leave it be.