Severe shoulder click............

[JKurz1]

DAMN! well, during my cutting phases, I dropped about 25lbs and am around 6-7%bf......in doing so, my shoulder now clicks when I flat bench and when I raise my hand above my head....almost sounds like a grinding.....it has zapped some of my strength and sucks pretty badly....my question is this.....will it cease once I put the weight back on? My thoughts were that there is no longer much of a cushion between the joint and bone (due to lost in fat and weight), but I need some help...anyone experience?

 

[Deterass]

I went thru the same thing.

Stay off of the str8 bar on flat bench for a month or so.

Use dumbells on the flat bench.

 

[Veinlover]

I have the same problem, I occurs in the lowering phase, its almost a clank more than a click. Very annoying. I am actually quite afraid of damaging something. It often gets better after warming up. Just one arm does this.

 

[DIVISION]

DAMN! well, during my cutting phases, I dropped about 25lbs and am around 6-7%bf......in doing so, my shoulder now clicks when I flat bench and when I raise my hand above my head....almost sounds like a grinding.....it has zapped some of my strength and sucks pretty badly....my question is this.....will it cease once I put the weight back on? My thoughts were that there is no longer much of a cushion between the joint and bone (due to lost in fat and weight), but I need some help...anyone experience?

Make sure you stretch your shoulders and get blood flowing before benching. Stay away from flat bench and focus on incline dumbell presses, with a full range of motion. If the joint is hurting you, stop pressing movements and see a doctor, you might have rotator cuff injuries.

DIV

 

[gymratforlife]

This also happens to me when I lower the bar on shoulder preses and benching only in my left shoulder.

 

[Dragon14]

My shoulders have both been dislocated, one of them multiple times. My left shoulder had torn rotator cuff muscles, and I opted for PT over surgery. It still gives me problems. To answer your question, I have noticed more clicking when I lower my weight but last year I bulked up to 230 and it was still clicking, just not AS much.

 

[UA_Iron]

almost the same thing happened to me 3 weeks ago. I dropped flat bench completely and went to incline bench and havent had the problem. I also took about a week and a half off which sucked big time.

Dumbbells are a lot easier on the shoulder joints too.

 

[wnt2bBeast]

absolutely being a lower weight affects your bodily fluids (lol) not those kinds...i think thats where the confusion of using lighter weights to get cut comes from..pro BB'ers lighten up merely to avoid injury when at low BF levels..perhaps some decawuld be helpful?

 

[JKurz1]

So, you think bulking up with eliminate the click...and some deca to boot eh?

 

[wnt2bBeast]

being dry doesnt grease the joints so to speak..i dont know if it will eliminate your problem but it should help..

 

[2BIG4URMOM]

I had the same problem in my right shoulder, I also think I had a pinched nerve.

I had to take a lot of extra time to really warm up my shoulders and I couldn't go very heavy for quite some time. I stayed away from all excersises that caused my shoulders to extend to far back or I had to modify them.

I have also gained a lot of weight since then and I think the combination of both has helped the injury. I hope this helps some, good luck bro.

 

[JKurz1]

I had the same problem in my right shoulder, I also think I had a pinched nerve.

I had to take a lot of extra time to really warm up my shoulders and I couldn't go very heavy for quite some time. I stayed away from all excersises that caused my shoulders to extend to far back or I had to modify them.

I have also gained a lot of weight since then and I think the combination of both has helped the injury. I hope this helps some, good luck bro.

Thanks haus....weirdest f-ing thing......I can military 205 for reps, but toss 185 on the flat bench and I fail at 8 reps with excruciating pain.....

 

[Bulldog_10]

Is it painful? If it's not painful, then all you have to do is warm up a little more. It's probably just the tendons that cross the shoulder snapping over the bone and whatnot...could lead to tendonitis after a while, but probably not something you need to worry about TOO too much.

Best way to warm up:

Stretching is inversely related to strength and power, so stretching isn't something you want to do just before a workout, as most people do. But the weakening effects of stretching only last one hour, whereas the increased ROM from stretching last about 2 hours.

So my recommendations for a warm-up are:

1) Stretching > one hour prior to exercise (not longer than 2 hours)

2) About 10 minutes of slow jogging just before exercise (or an arm ergometer if your gym has one)

3) Light warm-up movements similar to the exercise in question (light bench press or push-ups)


If you do all this shit...that snapping should go away.

 

[ghettostudmuffin]

Both my left and right shoulder in the past have clicked and hurt moderately while benching in the past. Your bodyweight and especially bodyfat level can affect how much fat padding and lubrication you have in your joints. You may want to supplement with some EFA's.

That actually helped a little for me, but what really helped was going to a GOOD chiropractor and having my shoulders manipulated. This has always taken care of the problem. I find that generally if my shoulders start clicking it's due to the joints being slightly out of whack possibly from heavy squatting and deadlifting etc., which causes the clicking and that is what causes a loss of strength because you end up compressing nerves in your shoulder. This impingement can possibly worsen with time.

So, I'd recommend seeing a GOOD chiropractor if your shoulder problems persist.

 

[SNlPER]

sounds like an A/C joint impingement. EXACTLY what mine was doing. I kept "taking it easy" until it felt better and then once I did flat bench it acted up again. Had surgery 8 weeks ago. One more month of PT and hopefully I can start getting back in shape again.... Still weighing 225 but lost ALOT of hard work that I put in over the last year or so........... If you have insurance, it would not hurt to get an MRI just to see. If you are lucky maybe you just have real bad tendonitis......... Either way, GOOD LUCK bro..

 

[2BIG4URMOM]

Thanks haus....weirdest f-ing thing......I can military 205 for reps, but toss 185 on the flat bench and I fail at 8 reps with excruciating pain.....

That is how mine was, I could military press 225x10 np, and then flat bench 135 or db press the 40's and It would hurt like a bitch.

When I did bench I would go to the squat rack and bench off of the safety rack, that would limit how far back my shoulder would go.

I also would use the butterfly machine to really warm up that delt area. I started right where my shoulder would go back, and then set it so I would have to stretch it further.

I'm not sure what this exercise is called but it really helped me out as well. You lay face first on the incline bench and I would use the 25lb db, and sort of a reverse bench.

Just a few ideas on what I did, I hope this helps you out. I'm sure once you start a bulking cycle again the problem will go away.

 

[Tryn2]

I think 600 mgs of deca would help out that old shoulder...

 

[wnt2bBeast]

Is it painful? If it's not painful, then all you have to do is warm up a little more. It's probably just the tendons that cross the shoulder snapping over the bone and whatnot...could lead to tendonitis after a while, but probably not something you need to worry about TOO too much.

Best way to warm up:

Stretching is inversely related to strength and power, so stretching isn't something you want to do just before a workout, as most people do. But the weakening effects of stretching only last one hour, whereas the increased ROM from stretching last about 2 hours.

So my recommendations for a warm-up are:

1) Stretching > one hour prior to exercise (not longer than 2 hours)

2) About 10 minutes of slow jogging just before exercise (or an arm ergometer if your gym has one)

3) Light warm-up movements similar to the exercise in question (light bench press or push-ups)


If you do all this shit...that snapping should go away.

the prodigal son returns..wb meathead lol