update on biceps tendonitis

[tweakxc03]

My older thread is already closed out so I had to start a new one. Basically I went and got a massage. Told the therapist to work on my shoulder/pec area for the bicep inflammation issue. It is still nagging a bit, but not at all like it was.

Anyway, the therapist started digging around in my shoulder which hurt a fair amount, but then started mashing on my bicep and forearm and I almost came off the table. Those two areas are extremely tight and it hurt like hell, ESPECIALLY my forearm.

My question: Is this is a symptom of the bicep tendonitis itself, or rather a contributing cause thereof?

[Tom Campitelli]

Alas, I have no answers. However, it sounds like massages may be something that will be of use to you going forward.

[cjangelo]

Was it just your left arm that hurt when massaged?
Or was it both?

In other words, is there a connection between pain when lifting and pain when massaged? As I recall it was only your left elbow that hurt when lifting.

[tweakxc03]

pain was in both biceps/brachialis, but more in the right. the massage indicated the same... right arm was tighter than the left, but both hurt like hell.

[Brodie Butland]

I may or may not have said this in the other thread, but I had a similar issue a few months ago. After squatting or benching, I had severe radiating pain down my left arm that was absolutely debilitating. Every symptom I had said bicep tendinitis, but the actual problem was a badly-strained tricep. Issue completely went away after two massages, daily stretching and moist heating, and ibuprofen. Tendon itself had no issues at all.

Point being--soft tissue strains/excessive tightness can cause all sorts of symptoms that are very similar to tendinitis. I can't recommend sports massages and a moist heat pad enough.