Pain at the bottom position of bench press

[ronki23]

I was warming up on the bench press with Dumbbells and at the bottom position I felt pain and weakness where the pectoral and deltoid meet. It was so painful and I couldn't press the weight back up.

It hurt less on the barbell and almost non existent on the converging chest press machine (a lever machine).

I wasn't going too heavy so what causes the pain and why does it only hurt when benching?

the photo shows the position it hurts- only in the left shoulder/pec

 

[SteveMobsterG]

It sounds like a minor strain. Rest it and ice or heat it if need be

 

[ronki23]

But why did it strain before I could even warm the muscle up? Was it because I did heavy wide grip pulldowns earlier?

it doesn't feel like a pec strain because the pain is also in the deltoid p; could it be the tie-in got injured?

 

[SteveMobsterG]

I never said it was a pec strain.

 

[stevesmi]

those types of injuries are from improper warming up

i know everyone has an ego and is in a rush, but warming up is something 99% of guys fail to do. if it hurts then don't do it.. avoid that area for a while and let it heal

 

[ronki23]

those types of injuries are from improper warming up

i know everyone has an ego and is in a rush, but warming up is something 99% of guys fail to do. if it hurts then don't do it.. avoid that area for a while and let it heal

But I got hurt WHILE warming up. Unless I pulled it from the wide grip pulldowns before?

 

[ronki23]

I never said it was a pec strain.

What muscle would it be if it's where the pectoral and shoulder meet because the pain is literally where they tie in

 

[MasonicBodybuilder]

It is impossible to say for sure how it happened but I know you need to rest it. That area can be really tricky because it could be somewhere in the shoulder too. It sounds minor at this point so definitely rest it as opposed to pushing through the pain and risking a more serious injury.

 

[TULL3RZ]

Have you tried a shoulder press recently? I messed my rotator cuff up years and years back when I was 19, took a lot of band training/warming up through out the day to get it sorted.
Messing my rotator cuff I couldn't bench, shoulder press, back exercise and even arm exercises lol just a thought, not diagnosing you Haha!

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[muskate]

I would see a good sports therapist and get it professionally checked out. The area you pointing to is the most common place where people rip their pecs. You might have a partial pec tear.

 

[ronki23]

Went to Doctor today and she thinks it's most likely a pulled muscle. She showed me some movements to do and I didn't feel any pain so it's unlikely to be a tear as it only hurts at the bottom position of a bench or when my arm is bent and my bent arm is drawn across my chest

 

[ronki23]

I took a week off exercise and this is my first time benching since the injury; I warmed up with a lighter load. It hurts more when my elbows are flared at a 80-90 degree angle when benching; less pain when elbows are at 60-70 For now I'll keep my elbows tucked at a maximum of 75 degrees.
degrees. It's definitely something to do with the pectoral as it hurts when it draw my arm across my chest (when standing) past 90 degrees but when I'm benching the pain also goes to the shoulder.

 

[gorehawg]

I took a week off exercise and this is my first time benching since the injury; I warmed up with a lighter load. It hurts more when my elbows are flared at a 80-90 degree angle when benching; less pain when elbows are at 60-70 For now I'll keep my elbows tucked at a maximum of 75 degrees.
degrees. It's definitely something to do with the pectoral as it hurts when it draw my arm across my chest (when standing) past 90 degrees but when I'm benching the pain also goes to the shoulder.

Go see a doctor dude. If you push the limits too far you might never be able to lift again.


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