ripped peck

**hulkzer** · 04-19-2005, 03:39 PM

i slightly ripped my peck yesterday, doing barbell bench. wasn't even going that heavy. well i know i got to take some time off, but how much? has anyone here ripped a peck before. how long did it take to heal?
thx in advance

**Thegr8One** · 04-19-2005, 04:02 PM

did ya rip the pec or the tendon???

**Thegr8One** · 04-19-2005, 04:04 PM

what i mean intramuscular tear or from the surrounding tissue

**Italion Stallion07** · 04-19-2005, 04:10 PM

sounds like it fu*king sucks bro.... good luck healing

**Swifto** · 04-19-2005, 04:12 PM

ouch!

**RUballs0514** · 04-19-2005, 04:18 PM

i ripped mine not too long ago. i laid off for 4 weeks, came back, ripped it again. laid off another 6 wks, did more of a weening into it and now i'm back, and liftin more than before. granted i'm on my first cycle now too.

**RUballs0514** · 04-19-2005, 04:19 PM

everything makes it hurt, i feel your pain bro

**4U2NV** · 04-19-2005, 05:47 PM

I think that thats a question for your doctor. But anyways sorry to hear sounds painful as hell

**hulkzer** · 04-19-2005, 06:18 PM

1hr after went to my sports injury specialist. he said that there is a minor taer and one of my ligaments was hurt. he thinks that the ligament was the cause of the peck taer. i haven't had very much busing. so it's not the worst, but can't lift sh!t. thanks for the support bro's

**The Baron** · 04-19-2005, 08:27 PM

Don't lift until your doc clears you to do so! Better to take a few months off, now, than to be plagued by this thing for the next 20 years of intermittent training. Did I say a few months? Hey, whatever the doc says.

**Sauced** · 04-19-2005, 08:28 PM

Is your chest black and blue?

**frank_frank** · 04-19-2005, 08:39 PM

i would do rehab.. it really speeds up the healing process... ive strained/had minor tears a few times, and i suggest that u get as much rehab as possible

**hulkzer** · 04-19-2005, 08:46 PM

time off is the answer. supposed to check in a wk.
what would the board recommend as far keeping as much mass a possible?

Originally Posted by Sauced

Is your chest black and blue?

no, haven’t had any bruising, just painful to move certain directions

**hulkzer** · 04-19-2005, 09:07 PM

bump

Originally Posted by hulkzer

what would the board recommend as far keeping as much mass a possible?

**joevette** · 04-19-2005, 10:05 PM

Originally Posted by RUballs0514

i ripped mine not too long ago. i laid off for 4 weeks, came back, ripped it again. laid off another 6 wks, did more of a weening into it and now i'm back, and liftin more than before. granted i'm on my first cycle now too.

I'm working through a very similar pec tear right now. I tore it, came back, tore it again etc. etc. So, now I'm taking 2 months off from any type of benching or chest excersises and then I'm going to work back into it slowly. Hopefully in about 6 months I'll be healed and pressing over 400.

**RUballs0514** · 04-19-2005, 10:54 PM

Originally Posted by joevette

I'm working through a very similar pec tear right now. I tore it, came back, tore it again etc. etc. So, now I'm taking 2 months off from any type of benching or chest excersises and then I'm going to work back into it slowly. Hopefully in about 6 months I'll be healed and pressing over 400.

good luck with the healing. i think i got too impatient the first time. over 400, WOW!! i'm nowhere near that caliber yet, but hopin to be in due time. this is my first cycle so i still got plenty of work to do. hope all goes well and keep me posted on how well you heal. balls out

**redmeat** · 04-20-2005, 12:56 AM

I got a real minor tear in my pec about a month ago. Some slight bruising. I kept lifting but didn't bench full range for a couple weeks and it just healed on it's own.

**Frozenone** · 04-20-2005, 05:34 PM

Bro, I tore my chest where it joins the shoulder a year and a half ago... It took about 8 freakin months to heal(it was pretty bad my whole arm was black and blue). It sucks.. because my chest is my lagging point...

**hulkzer** · 04-20-2005, 05:43 PM

what can i do to keep as much mass as possible while i heal.

**soo2bhuge** · 04-20-2005, 06:26 PM

i ripped mine 2 summers ago and took almost 8 months off. anything i did, hurt like hell. even now, i'm still hurting when i hit a certain weight. i can't live heavy and i don't think i ever will. it's something that stays with u, but i'd say take as much time off as u need man. no need to rip it twice (which is what i did, when i came back 2 months later). make sure u're taking glutamine and vitamins.

**soo2bhuge** · 04-20-2005, 06:27 PM

don't do the surgery if they offer u. it's even worse than healing it naturally.

**hulkzer** · 04-20-2005, 06:34 PM

not really that bad, my brother ripped his entire peck major off. it was hanging in front like a big titty, also bruised instantly. had to get surgery, they had to drill through his bone and tie the muscle back on. left a bad scar. it took him 10 months to heal and still not the same.

**anaBROLIC** · 04-20-2005, 06:43 PM

Originally Posted by hulkzer

i slightly ripped my peck yesterday, doing barbell bench. wasn't even going that heavy. well i know i got to take some time off, but how much? has anyone here ripped a peck before. how long did it take to heal?
thx in advance

wow bro, thats really weird because on monday i was doing chest and i was maxing out at 395. as i was lowering the barbell to my chest i felt a little tear on my peck. it wasnt horrible feeling i was able to finish the rep. but i think its strained i am taking it easy this week on anything that will effect it and i will try on monday to do a light chest workout to see how it goes.

**hulkzer** · 04-20-2005, 07:23 PM

same deal, but was not maxing out on the way down felt a tear, but was able finish rep. going to load up on glutamine and glucosamine.

Originally Posted by anaBROLIC

wow bro, thats really weird because on monday i was doing chest and i was maxing out at 395. as i was lowering the barbell to my chest i felt a little tear on my peck. it wasnt horrible feeling i was able to finish the rep. but i think its strained i am taking it easy this week on anything that will effect it and i will try on monday to do a light chest workout to see how it goes.