Have you ever had a dislocated biceps tendon?
This morning when I went to the chiropractor because I could no longer sleep he told me that both of my biceps tendons were dislocated. Which doesn't surprise me in the least after the 18 holes of golf I played last Monday.
A lesson in anatomy:
The biceps tendon is the structure that connects the biceps muscle to the bone. There is a proximal biceps tendon at the shoulder joint, and a distal biceps tendon at the elbow.
For me, the tendon was dislocated at the shoulder joint. Which makes it hard to lift your arms past your waist, or sleep comfortably.
The thing is, this has happened to me before, but not for a few years and when I went in to get it "corrected" I essentially realized that it sucks more than I remember.
My chiropractor takes my arm, digs his thumb into the side of it while he locates the "loop" of the tendon then asks me to count to four in Spanish while he digs his thumb further into my arm and twists it just to the point where I think he's going to rip off my shoulder. Then he repeats this five more times...ON EACH ARM. Like counting in Spanish is suddenly going to make the pain dissapear. RIIIGGGHHHTTT...Not so much.
Now, being that I have R.A. I have a pretty high pain tolerance...THANKFULLY. I managed to live through it without crying, although I think I may have bit a hole through my lip.
Anyway, I feel much better and after the hour and a half adjustment I feel like all the pain was worth it...Until next time.
Gah.
4 comments:
Oh my goodness, Jenni! I hope that you feel better. Good lord. That's gotta hurt. I feel pain just reading this.
That qualifies as a double ouch! Hope you find a way to keep that from happening again.
Damn girl, that really sucks. I hope this heals quickly for you.
I stick to nine holes these days, otherwise I'd be hurtin' too;)
Your story should be used for appetite suppression therapy-esp the part about thumbs digging into arms-yikes! Sounds painful-get better!
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