Can you have a bruise without there being a visible bruise?

[Anonymous]

Is that a THING?

I helped my sisters fiancé move their couch that is like three times my size yesterday and now my left bicep kills. I can't tell if I I just favored my left arm when lifting so it's sore, or if I bruised it in the process of bringing it downstairs. 😐 I didn't see any discoloration though.

[Levin]

Dude, have you never done any physical exercise before? The muscle itself can be sore when you've over-worked it from not having used it for a while. Pretty much guaranteed to happen if you lift something really heavy when you don't do any lifting generally. Should go within a week...

[Asker]

That's the thing I lift heavy shit daily

[TravisG]

You could have put too much pressure on your bicep and strain it. Especially dealing with stairs do to it being unlevel will put a lot of strain on the body part that is holding the couch. It will take time for it to heal so just put ice pack on it to help it heal.

[HairyKnees]

lol no, a bruise is when blood from the capillaries near the skin's surface escapes by leaking out under the skin.. And if you don't have a bruise then that can't be the case 😝 Probably just sore because the couch was so heavy. Hopefully it'll get better soon hehe 🙃🐸

[9mfeo]

Yes, if you have a really deep bruise, it won't be visible. For example, I bruised my bone by getting my knuckle caught in a rat trap (school project) and it was sore for months, despite there being no visible bruising.

[BertMacklinFBI]

it might just be sore. if you got bruised, it would have had to sustain some kind of physical impact.

[Blueeyes81]

You most certainly can. I never have any visible bruises but get the tenderness of a bruise. If you drop a feather on my sister she gets a massive bruise. I'm pretty sure her dad's the milkman. It's the only conclusion I can come up with to explain the massive difference in bruising.