Strained bicep muscle
Posted: June 23rd, 2017, 1:38 pm
Honestly, I'm never going to drink water again. There I was, standing at the supermarket checkout, about to hoist a nine litre pack of Buxton's finest out of my trolley and onto the belt, and for some unknowable reason I decided to use my left arm rather than my right. Twang, it went as I turned, and three weeks later it's still healing only very slowly, and anything more than modest use tends to set it back.
It's not a debilitating pain - just a "don't do that too often, pal" sort of warning whenever I lift heavy things. The pain is concentrated in the middle of the bicep muscle and well below the shoulder tendon, where the usual trouble happens, so I really don't think I've damaged any tendons - I've just bruised the muscle. T'interweb says it takes up to eight weeks to heal with rest. Blimey, I'm off camping soon! I can't have that!
We have a tube of Voltarol gel somewhere around the place. Anything else that works well?
BJ
It's not a debilitating pain - just a "don't do that too often, pal" sort of warning whenever I lift heavy things. The pain is concentrated in the middle of the bicep muscle and well below the shoulder tendon, where the usual trouble happens, so I really don't think I've damaged any tendons - I've just bruised the muscle. T'interweb says it takes up to eight weeks to heal with rest. Blimey, I'm off camping soon! I can't have that!
We have a tube of Voltarol gel somewhere around the place. Anything else that works well?
BJ