Torn bicep ligament

I have torn the ligament in my bicep. Went in and had surgery. The surgeon asked if i use steroids which i said yes, cause i was on 600mg test enth a week. My question is this. Does using testosterone weaken the ligament while you are on cycle only or does it weaken it permanently?

Your muscles become too strong for your tendons and ligaments.
Don't push the weights to hard, aim for growth reps around 8-12 and go down to 6 at most, unless you are used to strength training, in which case your tendons and ligaments are quite strong already.
Don't mess with form etc..

Your body will catch up.

Say in the case of Tremere where he had to get surgery. If you reveal that you are using steroids can the medical aid refuse to cover the costs?

I am of the understanding that they can yes, in the same way that they can call negligence on alcohol abuse. May depend on your medical aid type, etc, so I could be wrong. It's all illogical anyways...

ABC01 wrote: Say in the case of Tremere where he had to get surgery. If you reveal that you are using steroids can the medical aid refuse to cover the costs?

Sure it"s "patient" "Dr" confidentiality.

Tremere you need to watch that clip of Kai doing Bi's in the General section(Motivational vids).
You dont need crazy weight that will cause a ligament to tear.

@jack - thanx will watch it bro

The thing is n didnt tear it in the gym. I hurt my arm during a rugby game on the saterday and then on monday i picked up a not-so-heavy piece of metal, then it went rip. The doc said it can be the steroids + rugby + wrong angle that i picked up.

How do you strengthen the ligaments and tendons?

To add on to the previous message, my arm was fully extended straight, so the bicep did not take any weight, all was on the ligament.

Not perhaps on Winstrol are you?

No man it was test enth 600mg a week. But my question is if test weaken the ligaments permantly or just temporarily?

Tremere wrote: No man it was test enth 600mg a week. But my question is if test weaken the ligaments permantly or just temporarily?

I stand to be corrected but I do not see how the test would actually weaken the ligaments. The muscles grow stronger and more dense and therefore the ligaments may need time to adjust, but other than that I do not see how the test could make them weaker.

Firstly what we are talking about here is a tendon, not a ligament. Tendons attach muscle to bone, ligaments support and stabilise joints and connect bone to bone (generally speaking for any critical anatomists).

Secondly, no test is not known to weaken tendons or ligaments, but rather to increase the strength of the muscle disproportionately, resulting in a relatively weaker tendon.

Finally, in answer to your question on strengthening tendons, eccentric contractions (lowering weights and lengthening muscles slowwly and controlled) have been shown to have the best effect on tendon tensile strength

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Hey guys. Its been almost a year now. Arm is back to normal. And by normal i mean i can lift weigts the way i used to without problems. Cant lift as heavy as i used to, but im getting there again. Did my rehab properly etc. My question now is...(sorry wrong section) when i do my next cycle, after a long decent period of time getting 100% back into it again, do i need a "special" cycle or can i cycle as if nothing happened? You know, test deca etc. OR...

should i avoid the sauce completly?

Tremere wrote: Hey guys. Its been almost a year now. Arm is back to normal. And by normal i mean i can lift weigts the way i used to without problems. Cant lift as heavy as i used to, but im getting there again. Did my rehab properly etc. My question now is...(sorry wrong section) when i do my next cycle, after a long decent period of time getting 100% back into it again, do i need a "special" cycle or can i cycle as if nothing happened? You know, test deca etc. OR...

should i avoid the sauce completely?

The key would be to concentrate on form and DO NOT go as heavy as you can with 4/6 reps, rather do a bit higher rep range.

I have torn my pec muscle before, also took some time to get back into it 100% - and I know it's a mental thing but I opt to never go over 140kg Flat bench, as that tear sound is still in my mind and never ever want that again

So IMO I would say use again, but always be conscience of it and I know how it is everybody want to lift them heavy ass weight, BUT don't

Tremere wrote:
should i avoid the sauce completly?

I would consider a mild cycle, dont just go BANG it. Test/Nandro/Pro combo