Thread: Shoulder Injuries

I am after some advice wondering, I seem to have damaged my side deltoid. Whenever I try any sort of pressing movement I feel a sharp pain on my shoulder. Logic says dont do anything which I have tried for a few weeks and also some rotator cuff exercises to try and stabilise the shoulder.

Any tips would be greatly appreciated (eg should I ice it or apply heat regularly, or other exercises or techniques that you can recommend.

Thanks

Martin

Giving yourself rest that is complete initially is very helpful but you do not want to do this for very long either - it is an individual thing really. You have to "listen" to what your body is telling you but be honest with that too. Do not "baby" yourself either. But you do not want to cause yourself even more injury either.

After giving it a rest for awhile start out with VERY LOW weight CAREFULLY AND SLOWLY and see what happens - STOP IMMEDIATELY if there is real pain. I had some shoulder discomfort and stopped for about a week and then started out with almost no weight and GRADUALLY worked up over a period of weeks - I'd use almost no weight and do reps slowly and carefully and GRADUALLY work up with a little more weight BUT VERY CAREFULLY. You will experience some milder pain in recovering but it is not the same pain an initial injury is...

You should have a sports medicine doctor look at you if you can too - one that has a good reputation and knows what they are talking about.

Sometimes your own body can give you "advice" on how to proceed. BE CAREFUL AND BE HONEST. DO NOT "over-baby" yourself either. It can be a "touch and go" kinda recovery...

Take Care, John H.