{"id":20239,"date":"2026-06-25T22:27:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T22:27:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/?p=20239"},"modified":"2026-06-25T22:27:03","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T22:27:03","slug":"man-stretches-his-arm-doctors-say-this-is-what-actually-happened","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/?p=20239","title":{"rendered":"Man Stretches His Arm \u2014 Doctors Say This Is What Actually Happened"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A man\u2019s arm suddenly developed a shocking bulge after a sharp pain, leaving many online convinced it was a rare disease. Doctors explain it was actually a biceps tendon rupture, often called a &#8220;Popeye deformity,&#8221; caused when the tendon tears and the muscle bunches up. Another viral image of deeply wrinkled fingers had a much simpler explanation too\u2014it was just a normal response to prolonged time in water. Experts say these dramatic-looking conditions are more common than many people realize, but sudden pain or visible changes should always be checked by a medical professional.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A man\u2019s arm suddenly developed a shocking bulge after a sharp pain, leaving many online convinced it was a rare disease. Doctors explain it was actually a biceps tendon rupture, often called a &#8220;Popeye deformity,&#8221; caused when the tendon tears and the muscle bunches up. Another viral image of deeply wrinkled fingers had a much &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20240,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20239","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20239"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20239\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20241,"href":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20239\/revisions\/20241"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/20240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}