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What would cause a healthy 52 year old who goes to the gym to have a pectoal muscle that wont flex and is a little like jelly, and there is no pain.
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Exam: Could be a tear or avulsion of insertion. Could also be atrophy. Need to be examined.
Answered 3/6/2015
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