Pull-ups & shoulder

[anthrax]

I have a deltoid tendonitis for weeks (I'd rather say months ) and whenever I do wide grip pull-ups I can feel it in my shoulder

Is there a way to keep doing pull-ups w/o hurting too much my deltoid ?

 

[anthrax]

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[supreme]

Yes,

Do them and your pulldowns (if you do pulldowns) with a narrow grip i.e. your hands facing each other. You get a greater ROM and stimulate the lats more for the lats function as an extensor of the humerus. The shoulder will be in internal rotation causing less wearing down of the tissues in the glenohumeral joint rather than be in forced external rotation which can cause problems like tendonitis if you have tight internal rotators and weak external rotators. Avoid upright rows and make sure that when you pull up / down you do not retract and isolate the scapula first, this disrupts normal scapulohumeral rythym - your pull should be natural i.e start with the lats and pull until your scapula retracts and your elbows are at your sides

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