The goal of the surgery is to re-anchor the torn tendon back to the bone. At the shoulder, the long head of the biceps is typically re-attached using a subpectoral (deep to the chest muscle) approach that anchors the long head biceps tendon into the upper part of the arm bone (...
In younger and middle-aged men and women, torn bicep injuries usually occur from physical activity. The most common bicep injury occurs during weight training. Preacher curls, an exercise designed to specifically target the bicep muscle, remains the most common exercise contributing to the injury. ...
A bicep is the muscle on the front of the upper arm. Necessary for rotating and lifting the arm, the bicep can be strengthened by...