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Biceps Tendon Tear Reason
Biceps tendon tear at the shoulder
Tendons attach muscles to bones. Your biceps tendons attach the biceps muscle to bones in the shoulder and in the elbow. If you tear the biceps tendon at the shoulder, you may lose some strength in your arm and have pain when you forcefully turn your arm from palm down to palm up.Many people can still function with a biceps tendon tear, and only need simple treatments to relieve symptoms. If symptoms cannot be relieved by nonsurgical treatments, or if a patient requires complete recovery of strength, surgery to repair the torn tendor may be required.
Symptoms
- Sudden, sharp pain in the upper armsometimes an audible pop or snap
- Cramping of the biceps muscle with strenuous use of the armbruising from the middle of the upper arm down toward the elbow
- Pain or tenderness at the shoulder and the elbow
- Weakness in the shoulder and the elbow
- Difficulty turning the arm palm up or palm downbecause a torn tendon can no longer keep the biceps muscle tight,
- A bulge in the upper arm above the elbow (" popeye muscle") may appear, with a dent closer to the shoulder.
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