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Originally Posted by Simon C
The guy just iced it, got surgery within a week(apparently you have to get it done within a week or so). Has been back training for a while, seems to be back to normal, the tear was in april.
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I tore my left pectoralis January 15, 2008. It was a Tuesday and it happened at about 4:40PM - a date and time I will never forget. Long story short, I tore it bench pressing. I am now 32 weeks post-operative and have begun shoulder work in the gym, but still can only do push ups for my pecs.
This is by far the worst injury I've ever sustained, and takes longer to heal from surgery compared to bicep tear repairs.
My recommendation to avoid this injury is to stretch before, during , and after your workouts.
In the past, this type of injury was pretty much specific to guys taking anabolic steroids. I have never seen the stuff in person let alone use that garbage. I suspect the injury is becoming more common to natural guys (like most of us -I hope) due to the fact that we're getting stronger as a population. So may argue this, and I don't want to make it the focal point of discsussion. Just make sure you stretch and warm-up before doing biceps, pecs, hamstrings, etc...
Just my $0.02.