Joe Rogan Experience #2543 - MrBallen · Aired Aug 20, 2026
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Biceps tendinitis surgery involves removing a portion of the biceps tendon.
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Close, but the tendon is moved rather than taken out. In a tenodesis the surgeon detaches the long head of the biceps tendon from inside the shoulder, trims the end, and anchors what is left to the upper arm bone. In a tenotomy it is simply cut loose and allowed to drop, which is where the Popeye bulge comes from. Neither one removes the tendon.
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Is it true that Biceps tendinitis surgery involves removing a portion of the biceps tendon?
Partly. The claim stretches what the evidence shows. Close, but the tendon is moved rather than taken out. In a tenodesis the surgeon detaches the long head of the biceps tendon from inside the shoulder, trims the end, and anchors what is left to the upper arm bone. MrBallen said it (matched by voice) on Joe Rogan Experience #2543 - MrBallen, aired Aug 20, 2026, at 1:12:43. The supporting source is my.clevelandclinic.org, linked below.
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