I overstretched my biceps two days ago><.. Now my biceps is swollen and the pain is awful when i try to stretch it..Currently no pain near my joints.. So could this be possible due to biceps rupture or it's solely due to overworking? Would it be fine after i give it some rest? Thanks in advance..

Swollen as in looking swollen or you think it's swollen mate? Overstretched doing what? I'm going to take a wild guess and say it's just DOMS(google this). But nevertheless do elaborate on what you mean by swollen and how you overstretched it. Highly unlikely that you tore your bicep tendon but better safe than sorry.

So what happened?

By lifting weight..I did more repetitions than usual.. It's swollen as in looking swollen.. It's curled up><..

i don't think it's DOMS if the muscle is swollen. But then you only did more reps than usual. no idea man, you got to judge for yourself

It's ok..Thanks for your time man..I think I will give it a week to recover.. Would consult doctor if it remains the same by Sunday..It got my concern when it interferes my daily routine..Sob=(

what kind of exercise ? what I can advise you to do is put some ice on it. Help the swelling go away. If it starts getting blue black, most probably it's a muscle tear.

Why must you put the love emoticon there at the end of your post when telling us about the rupture? That's.... freaky. Like something else phallic ruptured.

It was ttwo days ago. If its gonna bruise it would already have.

the description he gave is extremely vague -__- . And honestly, DOMS that give swelling like a curl doesnt sound right but then again, I asked him and he insisted it's swelling. So.. yea.

I'm gonna guess DOMS. He probably means he can't totally straighten his arm when relaxed. If there isn't any sharp pain I shouldn't think its serious. Else it would have been numb by now or something.

been there before. DOMS i think. new comers always get this when they lift for the first time with high poundage. gonna take a week to be get normal again. thats just my experience. might differs to TS.

Arm curl

No bruise and yes, i cant really straighten my arms when relaxed..
Sorry, i was in a rush this morning..My arms used to be flat, that's why i insisted it to be swollen..
I guess it's pretty much due to DOMS.. I have googled it.. The descriptions stated are pretty much similar to what I'm encountering now..
Hope it really disappears after five to seven days..

Thanks you so much for the advice.. I really appreciate it..

I experienced a tore (not too sure though) when I was doing my triceps last week. But the thing is.. there was sort of a crack sound. like 'tak tak tak' whenever I lifted. It was swollen and hurt whenever I stretch for a few days.

are your situation like that???if yes...better go look for doctor....
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This post has been edited by playboy88: Nov 29 2011, 11:45 AM

here's how rupture of the biceps tendon looks like :

moving of the body of biceps towards the shoulder or towards the elbow, depending on which end of tendon rupture.

example :

y dun u post a pic of ur bicep for better judgement?
or better
see a doc