I started (and didn't finish) my 2nd week of 5's today. I was doing my 2nd set on bench when all of a sudden there was a ghastly, crunching RIIIIIIIPing sound/feeling, and my arm collapsed and the weight came down. The arm didn't much hurt at the time, but was suddenly extremely weak, and pretty freaked out. I managed to get the weights back put away and by the time I got home my upper arm was hurting considerably.
The point of greatest pain is at the top inside of my bicep, close to the subscapularis muscle. There is some slight discoloration, but no knots or other malformation, and a combination of ice and ibuprofin is helping considerably.
So my question is, how should I go about treating this? I've never had anything like this happen to me before? How long do I need to lay off training once the pain subsides? 3 weeks? A month? Longer?
John
The point of greatest pain is at the top inside of my bicep, close to the subscapularis muscle. There is some slight discoloration, but no knots or other malformation, and a combination of ice and ibuprofin is helping considerably.
So my question is, how should I go about treating this? I've never had anything like this happen to me before? How long do I need to lay off training once the pain subsides? 3 weeks? A month? Longer?
John