was told never to do heavy bench press again....

[sprinter86]

My recommendation: AAS + time, and gradually increased weight.

 

[Khalnayak]

rosslovesmoney,have u read arnolds new encyclopedia of modern bodybuilding?arnold said that bench and incline barbell presses was sergio oliva's main exercises for chest.sumtimes he didnt touch other stuff just kept on benching.do u think ur chest is better than sergio's?

 

[Slyder190]

take is slow and easy. build it back up easy. dont over do it. in time you should be able to due moderate lifting but listen to your body. if it hurts, dont do it.

Sounds like a good answer to me. I'm not a doc, so I can't say how good or bad it might really be for you, although almost all docs would tell you don't lift heavy again I'm sure. See how it goes and be careful, and ALWAYS have a spotter if you start gettin up there with the weights.

 

[Blackwatersurprise]

Not to be a smart ass, but I didn't realize that there were so many heads of the peck....inner, outer, major, minor, etc...From basic anatomy, there is a clavicular portion of pec major and a sternal portion and then pec minor that is deep to pec major. I rarely do flat bench work..all incline, but it still works the sternal portion of my pec....I guess you could say that I'm a power body builder in that I want to avoid all show and no go. "Isolation" movements may make everything look good or "shape" as you call it, but they really have little carry over to being able to use the nice shapely muscle.

 

[NickyE3]

I had a severely dislocated should from a car wreck about a year ago. Had to have surgery to the labrum to put the socket back to the bone, with the help of 3 screws. Bench was extremely difficult, and I will never be able to go past my body plane while doing any chest lift. Dumbells feel more natural than straight bars.

Look at is like this, things can only get better not worse.

 

[Tweakle]

If a closer grip, PL style bench doesn't work then you could try the hammer machines.. I have some shoulder issues, nothing like as serious as yours, but I still only bench every other chest workout.

hang in there, you can bounce back from almost anything if you have a positive attitude to recovery.