Partial tear of distal biceps tendon

A couple months ago I injured my distal biceps tendon (pulling down rope with a lot of drag on a top rope belay…what an annoying way to get hurt). I’ve tried a bunch of rehab and it hasn’t improved, so I finally went to a doctor and his recommendation was that for a high utilization activity like climbing I should get surgery. I have an mri and appointment with a surgeon so a few weeks before I need to make a call, but I wanted to hear others’ experiences. I’m still able to climb at the hardest level I’ve done, but I also have pain when doing anything with the bicep, including just holding a coffee cup  

I found another thread on here about complete tears, but would be curious to hear from anyone with a partial tear what you did and how it worked out. 

Interesting. I haven't had an MRI, mainly because I just spent a lot of money on an MRI for me knee, but for the past year I have had the coffe cup pain. I injured the bicep in December of last year. I keep waiting for it to heal, but it doesn't. Physical Therapy did nothing for it. 

No advice for you, but I'm curious what you find out.

Tom Woods wrote:

Interesting. I haven't had an MRI, mainly because I just spent a lot of money on an MRI for me knee, but for the past year I have had the coffe cup pain. I injured the bicep in December of last year. I keep waiting for it to heal, but it doesn't. Physical Therapy did nothing for it. 

No advice for you, but I'm curious what you find out.

Yeah sounds similar. I’ll let you know what I hear and where I net out.