[gymmania]

I severed my medial bicep tendon on May 2 and had it operated on May 14. My surgeon, during my last consultation told me there is no way to strengthen the tendon. However, I found in a lifting manual a statement about Bicep Brachii Tendon Tears; "It is possible to prevent this injury by regularly working the biceps, not to develope the muscle, but to strengthen its tendon. For this reason reason add forearm flexor isolations using a bar in a series of "cheats" by leaning the chesk back to give the bar a boost. If practiced regularly, this technique reinforces the dista tendon of the biceps by the tension it places on it. Nevertheless it must be performed carefully without rounding the back to avoid injury."

First, I don't really understand what forearm flexor isolations are and how they are done correctly using a cheat method, can anyone explain? I believe this is some form of bicep curl, but I want to be sure. Secondly, it states you can prevent injury, eg. does this indicate that doing this exercise now could hurt me instead of help me after having the reattachment surgery? And does anyone disagree or agree that this actually does or doesn't strengthen the tendon, especially w/o further injury? Thanks for the help.