MRI and Arthogram resuts !!! How do I go on?

[little chris]

Had a mri/arthogram done on my left shoulder due constant pain and a clicking noise in it.

Well besides a bone spur the doctor (who is an excellent DR.) told me that for a 29 year old male I had premature arthritis of a 50 years old man and that if I didn't decrease that weight significantly I would wear out what little cartlidge I have left and would need a shoulder replacement by 40!

My question is how due I go on as a BB. My chest and shoulder exercises are going to be prolly half the weight I used before not to mention certain exercises will have to be avoided. Can I still go on as a bb?

 

[Cynical Simian]

Obviously you know more about your doc than I do and seem to have a very high opinion of him, but some otherwise excellent doctors are a bit misguided when it comes to weight training. If he's a sports medicine doc who knows what he's talking about, rather than a "use the Smith/machines, they're safer" one, this doesn't apply, but if it does, you might find someone more familiar with lifting and get a second opinion.

The first question that should be asked when someone has shoulder problems is "how are you benching?" If you're doing it with a very wide grip and/or elbows flared, give close(r)-grip benching a try. If you keep your elbows tucked, it should take pressure off the shoulder.

Here's a T-Nation article (Part II, which has a link to Part I) on shoulder health. To be honest, I haven't read it since my natural bench grip is pretty narrow and I've never had anything resembling a shoulder problem, but a lot of people have found it very useful.

http://www.t-nation.com/readTopic.do?id=1055409

 

[HiDnGoD]

Obviously you know more about your doc than I do and seem to have a very high opinion of him, but some otherwise excellent doctors are a bit misguided when it comes to weight training. If he's a sports medicine doc who knows what he's talking about, rather than a "use the Smith/machines, they're safer" one, this doesn't apply, but if it does, you might find someone more familiar with lifting and get a second opinion.

The first question that should be asked when someone has shoulder problems is "how are you benching?" If you're doing it with a very wide grip and/or elbows flared, give close(r)-grip benching a try. If you keep your elbows tucked, it should take pressure off the shoulder.

Here's a T-Nation article (Part II, which has a link to Part I) on shoulder health. To be honest, I haven't read it since my natural bench grip is pretty narrow and I've never had anything resembling a shoulder problem, but a lot of people have found it very useful.

http://www.t-nation.com/readTopic.do?id=1055409

I went to that link & the first thing I saw was a mistake I made with laterals.