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Originally Posted by Botnst
Concerning s-in-law's surgery, I'm not exactly sure how it was done -- it sounded excruciating so I didn't pay close attention! I think the surgeon took the head of the muscle and tucked it around the other side of a bone and screwed it inn place. Formal PT was minimal. I think in two months he had full use. Doc said if he did anything that hurts -- STOP. Think of a better way to get it done. S-in-L took that to heart and is doing well. I understand that eventually the head of the muscle will attach biologically to the bone.
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This. OMG this. A small analogy: When I'm procuring the use of my iPhone hands free ear bud and speaker, this while fishing it out from under something on my carseat, I don't grab one end and yank. It can pull off one of the buds in a heartbeat. Move the stuff off of it and lift gently.
I have what your SiL had and then some I think. Part of some other tendons were torn around the socket opening. Allowed some bone on bone action to take place.
My understanding is that the tendon will reattach to bone but only if surgically held in proximity. The biceps injury is referred to as "rupture of long head of biceps with distal retraction." Distal meaning "situated away from the center of the body or from the point of attachment." The natural tension of the muscle prevents both ends from meeting. Word I've read is that 5 or 6 months after the injury is about as long as you can realistically hope for a good outcome. My surgery was done at the 3 month mark - 12 weeks to the day.