kfh
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Post by kfh on Dec 25, 2011 15:43:31 GMT -5
MY shoulder feels sore when I bench. It doesn't hurt til bout 3/4 way down. The only other motion that hurts is if I turn my hand n with thumb down & raise my arm overhead. Is this rotator cuff. If I do light db bench with elbows n I barely feel it. Pain has Ben thee for 3 weeks now. Iv'e iced it some notes, lookin for some advice. Even if I'm standing & imitating a bench press it gets tight & a sore a few inches b4 my hand reaches shoulder depth, but if I turn my elbow n2 my side its ok.
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mspuzz
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Post by mspuzz on Jan 6, 2012 7:50:29 GMT -5
Hello, last year while training for a meet in March, I began experiencing weakness in my right shoulder, not so much pain, but definitely weakness. At the meet I opened about 40 under my previous PR and could barely get it up and was in intense pain. I passed on the next 2 attempts. I assumed it was a pulled/strained muscle or something along those lines. After a few weeks of no improvement I went to my dr. Turns out I had a full thickness tear of the rotator cuff and a tear of the labrum. Also some bone spurs and arthritis. I had surgery June 20th and hope to never have to go through anything like that again! After immobilization for 6 weeks and then PT I was finally able to resume training around the end of October, with an empty bar to start! I am now training with actual weight for the same meet this March that I was injured in last year (weights are WAY down). Anyway, my suggestion is to see a dr. right away, the sooner you get this fixed, the sooner you can get back to lifting! Good luck.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 20, 2012 12:26:03 GMT -5
you might be overtraining the front delts.
normal grip flat bench hits the triceps and front delts pretty hard. its pretty much a compound lift.
i isolate my muscle lifts to avoid doing this
monday - chest
tuesday - back
wednesday - shoulders
friday - arms
saturday - legs
what i mean by isolate is i dont hit my shoulders on chest days.
like for chest. i do a 30% incline bench. neck presses to target the chest. and i dont go all the way up since that hits the front delts. i concentrate on the lowering towards neck for the chest stretch.
this helps prevent over develop front delts. alot of the people at my gym have over develop front delts and they have forward head posture. bad for back, neck, shoulders, and muscle str gains, since your not getting full breaths when you have a forward head posture.
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Post by osu122975 on Nov 16, 2012 15:56:00 GMT -5
Either train around it or stop training for a while and let it heal. See if close grip bench helps. Whatever you do at this point - less is more. Be patient.
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Post by zekester on Nov 16, 2012 18:24:12 GMT -5
Id take a couple weeks off and then progress back slowly...What little strength you'll lose will come back quickly, otherwise it will linger and you'll only make it worse by continuing to lift...Or as osu says, work around it or put your focus on something else for a couple weeks, like legs & core...
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