Bicep Hook Test Confusion
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I weight lifted for the first time in a couple of years and worked on biceps back and traps. When I was working out my back (doing bent-over rows) I noticed that I felt it a lot more than I should have in the bicep area but I chalked it up to me not training in awhile. However the next day, my distal bicep area was very sore when I tried extending my arm outward palm up. I looked online and saw that tendinitis could be possible but also saw that a rupture or tear may have occurred. I eventually came across a symptom called "popeye arm" and found that the hook test was a good way to diagnose it yourself. I watched a couple of videos and looked at various images of this with one video showing that a possible false positive of this test is that you may hook on to your "brachialis tendon" instead. Out of all the images I have looked at of the bicep, I have never seen both tendons in the same picture and was wondering if there was an easy way to distinguish between a distal bicep tendon and a brachialis tendon. I have tried the test multiple times on both sides and have felt something to hook onto in about the middle of the elbow but I am just not sure if it is actually the right tendon. Any help on this would be appreciated. Thanks in advance!
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