tendon strein or pulled????

[IRON MATT]

i was doing dumbell shruggs like 2 weeks ago and went to drop the dumbell one of my wraps didn't come lose and it kinda pulled me down,i'm thinking i pulled some thing. my four arm is a little sore near my elbow and when i flex my bicep i cant get a full contraction.it dosen't contract enough to get hard,it dosen,t hurt..much. my grip is kinda weak.like when i'm on the cross over. i cant putt any real weight on it. i worried about not getting a full bicep contraction,any inputt would be helpful,should i try rehab with a gripper or a ball???....thx...iron matt

[AndrewD54]

Try some anti inflammatory pills and some heat for a week or so, if no improvement I would suggest going to the doc because it might be something a little more serious. Right now I'm thinking a sprain. ohh and by the way STOP flexing. If doing something to a known injury makes it hurt avoid doing it for a while.

[IRON MATT]

i'm thinking on the same lines as you bro,did heat last night and first thing today, giveing at a rest 4 sure. needed to work on abbs anyway....lol

[AndrewD54]

usually the best way to go is a few aleive or a few naproxen sodium and some heat and some rest

[IRON MATT]

hey now, today was my first work out in in like 8 days(did legs and abbs last wk) did pec's today. it went ok to good. i'm gona tell what is helping me recover. 3 times a day for the last 4 days i'm useing tiger balm and a heating pad, i slept with the heat pad 2 of those nights, seems to be helping. and most inportant is the rest.

[lovbyts]

Usually the best thing to do is use ice for the first 3 days, not heat. After 3 days heat is fine.

[AndrewD54]

Ice first 24 hours after injury, heat after that but an extra day or two won't kill you