Injured myself a couple of weeks ago , no obvious incident that I noticed but a strange lump appeared on the upper part of my right bicep. Carried on climbing initially but noticed some discomfort and weird stiffness.
Didn't look or feel right so (unusually for me) went to doctor who quickly diagnosed a torn long head bicep and arranged a ultrasound which I've just had. The radiologist confirmed the diagnosis, also looked at my shoulder didn't see any further damage so back to the doctor now then probably physio and hopefully good recovery. Not causing me much problems already and tbh feels less serious than it originally sounded.
Think this a not uncommon injury for older climbers so I've got a couple of questions for the ukb hive mind:
- does anybody have any experience with this injury, useful advice, hopefully positive stories regarding recovery?
- I'm thinking that it's probably worth getting physio from someone specialising in climbing/sports injuries. Does anyone have any recommendations in the Manchester / Cheshire area or potentially Sheffield (my daughter lives there so go fairly regularly)?
Didn't look or feel right so (unusually for me) went to doctor who quickly diagnosed a torn long head bicep and arranged a ultrasound which I've just had. The radiologist confirmed the diagnosis, also looked at my shoulder didn't see any further damage so back to the doctor now then probably physio and hopefully good recovery. Not causing me much problems already and tbh feels less serious than it originally sounded.
Think this a not uncommon injury for older climbers so I've got a couple of questions for the ukb hive mind:
- does anybody have any experience with this injury, useful advice, hopefully positive stories regarding recovery?
- I'm thinking that it's probably worth getting physio from someone specialising in climbing/sports injuries. Does anyone have any recommendations in the Manchester / Cheshire area or potentially Sheffield (my daughter lives there so go fairly regularly)?