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How To Prevent Your Biceps From Being TornOne thing every bodybuilder wants to guard against is injury during building muscles. Injury is however highly prevalent in the bodybuilding community due to the physical and psychological stress placed on the body. Injuries can cause you to lose the gains you have made, cause you to miss workouts, lead to poor sleeping habits, and even end a promising career. Also as an experienced bodybuilder will tell you, a biceps tear or avulsion is uncomfortable and painful thing. Types of injuries include Tendonitis which is the inflammation of the tendon connecting muscle to bone, strain which occurs from over-stretching or over-use of a muscle. A sprain can be caused by over-stretching a ligament connecting two bones. Bursitis is an inflammation of the bursa sack which serves as padding between a muscle and a bony prominence. An avulsion is complete tearing of a muscle, typically along the junction between the muscle and its tendon, such as a torn bicep. A contusion can occur from bruising caused by impact. A fracture is a breakage of a bone which can be complete, partial, or from compression. You can prevent injuries like a biceps tear by taking in mind certain things. Firstly, warm up. When building muscles, perform 15-20 repetitions of the exercise you are preparing to do using very light weight. You can also aid the warm-up process by walking on the treadmill for 5-10 minutes before your workout. Then do a spot of stretching. After warming up, stretch the muscles you are preparing to work. Take the joint to the end of its range of motion and hold for 30 seconds to 1 minute. It is important to hold the stretch and not bounce. Bouncing a non-warm, non-stretched muscle can result in injury. And at all times, focus because lack of concentration is the easiest way to harm either yourself or someone else in the gym. |