Need Some Shoulder Advice...

[jpt]

Aside from of course getting a diagnosis....Just train whatever doesn't hurt it. If tucking your elbows is an issue, when you get a clean bill of health, learn to tuck them, even if it means using just the bar and working up.....if you still can't tuck them properly, switch to close-grip (~16") until you can tuck.

Make sure to ask a sports doc or an orthopedist with experience with ATHLETES.....ask the wrong Doc and you'll either get "stop lifting" or "use the Smith" or some other equally gay answer.....or they'll give you a bunch of 1000mg Ibuprofen horse tabs and send you on your merry way without addressing anything, then you can come back in 6 months to address a stomach ulser along with your now totally unfunctional shoulder, lol/jk.

It is most likely nothing and related to flaring the elbows.....but better be armed with a diagnosis than be screwed in the long-term.

this is very important...my first doc was like stop lifting and just stretch,....and if you need to exercise only go extremely light to go through the motions....fawking ass clown.

 

[ZGzaZ]

good advice so far guys, my only problem is I don't have insurance right now. I'll back off them completely, and sub them for inclines, or maybe try declines like slaughter suggested, will take a few weeks to get everything back in routine. And I will definately stretch them longer than other body parts.

 

[jpt]

good advice so far guys, my only problem is I don't have insurance right now. I'll back off them completely, and sub them for inclines, or maybe try declines like slaughter suggested, will take a few weeks to get everything back in routine. And I will definately stretch them longer than other body parts.

yeah... only do what doesn't hurt...biggt is prob right...it's prob nothing. stretch and do what ya gotta do and hopefully the pain goes away

 

[ZGzaZ]

yeah... only do what doesn't hurt...biggt is prob right...it's prob nothing. stretch and do what ya gotta do and hopefully the pain goes away

no doubt, btw..the new av looks good, looks like you dropped some body fat % from last avatar. Nice work bro!

 

[jpt]

no doubt, btw..the new av looks good, looks like you dropped some body fat % from last avatar. Nice work bro!

thx bro...i actually haven't checked bf in a while. haven't had a specific goal in a long time...not sure if that's keeping me sane or keeping me from progress...either way i think the lighting was just right the moment that pic was taken lol

 

[Czar87]

i had some tor cuff issue ... stretch your pecs and lats, you propably havent and they may be tight and pulling you shoulder ... i have struggled with it for 6 months and now started to stretch my pecs it has scaled back a little.

Worth a try, good luck

 

[crazycarwes]

http://www.t-nation.com/readTopic.do?id=1379910

Out of Coolcolj's log.

Try the over under test...

 

[coolcolj]

yeah read that article and the rest of posts below, and follow the links in some of those posts

basicly your suffering from impingemnet, that active impingement test
here will confirm it
http://www.t-nation.com/readTopic.do?id=818555

you probbaly want to stop all lat and bench and press work asap!
then follow pahse one in that article

plus stretch side of neck/upper traps, lats, pecs, and rotate shoudlers abck and down daily

add in scapular pushups and dips to strengthen the serratus anterior

see these articles too - read all parts

http://www.t-nation.com/readTopic.do?id=472224
good stuff, filled with exercies such as scapular pushups that will fix up your posture and thus your cuff/shoulders

part 5
http://www.t-nation.com/readTopic.do?id=535872

and shoulder saver article
http://www.t-nation.com/readTopic.do?id=1053531


everyone should bookmark these articles so I don't have to keep repeating myself!!!!

 

[ZGzaZ]

http://www.t-nation.com/readTopic.do?id=1379910

Out of Coolcolj's log.

Try the over under test...

I can touch my fingers together with the over/under....what is this proving/disproving?

 

[coolcolj]

good, you have the right amount of shoulder mobility

how do you go with the impingement test?

do your thumbs point straight ahead when you stand completely relaxed after a deep breath?