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A horrible ripping sound

Sandin Face

Sandin Face

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The day before yesterday, I went to do some pull-ups - the kind where you grab the bar from behind, palms facing you - and as I started, there was this horrible ripping noise* from inside of the elbow of my right arm. It definitely sounded (and felt - although the pain wasn't much) as though I'd torn something.

I (stupidly) continued and did four reps, although I didn't let my arms straighten out completely between them.

There was pain in a muscle that a look at my strength anatomy book suggests is the "extensor carpi radialis longus", in an area about 10cm long by 4cm wide, and it felt really 'pumped". I was expecting a huge bruise to develop, but it didn't.

Fairly sore (DOMS-like, but very localised) for the rest of that day, and the following one (yesterday); not too bad today.

I haven't done any exercises involving this arm, or lifted anything heavy with it, since then.

Diagnoses?

Prognosis?

Advice?

:)





*the sound reminded me of something very specific, but I couldn't think what at the time. Later in the day, it came to me that it was exactly like the sound you get when you pull sellotape from a tape dispenser - like you get if you are packing boxes and applying the packing tape with one of those roll-on machines.
 
I've had this, the sound was like 50 knuckles cracking, surprisingly no pain.
Was a torn ligament, nothing you can do except let it heal itself, you'll probably find that the shape of your inner forearm will change slightly.
 
Darkoz said:
I've had this, the sound was like 50 knuckles cracking, surprisingly no pain.
Was a torn ligament, nothing you can do except let it heal itself, you'll probably find that the shape of your inner forearm will change slightly.
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Yes, I thought it would be something like this. I figured that if it was muscle, then there would have been blood (a big bruise).

How long should it need to heal up? I don't want to fuck it by testing it too soon, but - as the pain has pretty much gone - there doesn't seem to be a way of knowing how it's going.
 
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