Melissa Hauschildt claims her massage therapist ripped her pectoral muscle off the bone caused DNF, likely?

Overly dramatic description.

I had an athlete who had her calf torn by a passive aggressive trainer that thought she was being a "sissy". He was working on her with the snake and the next day there were streaks of blood pooling under her skin draining towards her now swollen ankle.

yeah it happens wrote:

He was working on her with the snake.

Eh?

This is the most ludicrous thing that has ever been published.

The massage therapist should hunt her down & legitimately rupture her pec tendon for sullying his name.

Why would she abandon after the swim & ride? They would be the disciplines of concern with a serious pec injury.

She is just another whining, deluded, mentally deficient athlete with an obscene external locus of control.

Take some responsibility for your shite performance Melissa.

Jay-roc wrote:

yeah it happens wrote:

He was working on her with the snake.

Eh?

Ya know, like this:

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Jay-roc wrote:

Eh?

Ya know, like this:

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FROM THE LINK:

"Often what an athlete will call torn off the bone is different to what a clinician will call torn off the bone," he said.

"When a clinician says someone tore the pec muscle off the bone they talk about a full rupture, which means the muscle across your chest - that muscle under your shoulder - actually shoots under the breast and retracts underneath.

"That's a full rupture. If that's the case that has to be surgically put back on and you're looking at three to six months.

"If it's a tear in the tendon at the attachment to the bone and not a complete retraction you can come back racing in one to three weeks, depending on the size of the tear and how deep it is."

I personally don't believe it. Bruising, maybe.

Yea, maybe she did have some pain, but her splits were still very competitive, 26 minute swim and 2:21 bike. Results have her in T2 at 2:50 into the race, even if she jogged a 1:30ish half and did a 4:20 that's still easily top 20 overall. I can't imagine if you're in that much pain you could still race for 3 hours at that level.