Bicep Tendonitis - how long to wait before lifting again?

[Burdzthewurd]

Hey guys, I had a strain in my left bicep that really bothered me starting last Friday, to the point where I felt sharp pain if I flinched the wrong way, and my upper back shoulder felt tense as well. It's a week later and I've iced it multiple times a day, switched the shower water back and forth from hot to cold (read that was a good thing to try on WebMD, might be wrong), massaged my arm/shoulders with Aspercreme 2x a day and hit the whirlpool a few times later in the week. I feel fine for the most part now, but how much would you suggest, if any, much longer should I stay away from lifting, or a better ?, how long of a break have any of you taken in previous times to minor injuries/strains?

[theblackkeys]

I did something to my left booby muscle in the bench press. It's in my log, too lazy to look at it now, but I must have taken about a month off the bench press. txredman recommended that I take that long off, and I'm sure he has plenty of experience to know.

[Burdzthewurd]

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I did something to my left booby muscle in the bench press. It's in my log, too lazy to look at it now, but I must have taken about a month off the bench press. txredman recommended that I take that long off, and I'm sure he has plenty of experience to know.

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Yikes, I can't fathom taking a month off of almost all upper-body exercises! The other day I did good mornings, squats, leg press and cable ab crunch with no problems except for lifting the barbell over my head to put on my neck/back. Obviously I'm gonna stay away from bicep curls, but would bench press/shoulder press/deadlifts be bad ideas?

[theblackkeys]

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I did something to my left booby muscle in the bench press. It's in my log, too lazy to look at it now, but I must have taken about a month off the bench press. txredman recommended that I take that long off, and I'm sure he has plenty of experience to know.

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Yikes, I can't fathom taking a month off of almost all upper-body exercises! The other day I did good mornings, squats, leg press and cable ab crunch with no problems except for lifting the barbell over my head to put on my neck/back. Obviously I'm gonna stay away from bicep curls, but would bench press/shoulder press/deadlifts be bad ideas?

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I did military press and other stuff, just took time off bench. It just hurt at the bottom of the movement, so it was pretty specific to that exercise, and I was able to do other things like pullups I believe.

[Packard]

Burdzthewurd ,

I would just drop the biceps exercises for awhile and concentrate on back movements like rows and pulldowns and see if you can do these without further aggrivating the biceps discomfort.