Thread: Shouldar pain

Just stay away from heavy pressing movements for a while and see if the pain persists. If you really feel the need to do some chest work, I would use light DB's after a couple weeks of rest. Shoulder pain is never good, and some of the old heads in my gym regret benching heavy when they were younger.

Originally Posted by strength is pain

I have lately been getting a sharp pain in the rear of my right shouldar(weak arm) and as its not to bad atm i dont want it to worsen. ppl have told me that most shouldar injuries is from benching. Is this true and are there any exercises you can reccommend to help the pain

What rep range are you currently doing?

Shoulder injuries can come from all types of exercises. I was spotting my brother, and he was doing military dumb bell press. He was struggling on his last rep, but told me that "he had it". Then his right arm fell BACKWARDS and his shoulder dislocated right in front of my eyes. Long story short, I ended up driving him to the hospital and his shoulder has never been the same since.

For myself, I am having right shoulder pain believe it or not, from dead lifting.

But yes, benching can also do it.

PS: It's spelled SHOULDER

if ur shoulders are in pain rest them, you can only make it worse, work on legs/core/cardio, just cuz u can't do shoulder work doesn't mean u cant work out. ive had 2 shoulder surgerys so i have no choice but to live with it, but if you make wise and MATURE dessicions you wont have the problems others do

my shoulders use to hurt in almost the exact same place, mine was caused by not knowing how to bench correctly. i would essentially climb under the bar and start pushing. my shoulders dont hurt anymore since i have corrected this. so knowing nothing about you, are you keeping your pinching your shoulder blades together and your back tight through the entire movement?

HOW TO CURE SHOULDER PROBLEMS (Trust me this will do it 90% of the time) - IntenseMuscle.com

Originally Posted by chronicelite

What rep range are you currently doing?

Shoulder injuries can come from all types of exercises. I was spotting my brother, and he was doing military dumb bell press. He was struggling on his last rep, but told me that "he had it". Then his right arm fell BACKWARDS and his shoulder dislocated right in front of my eyes. Long story short, I ended up driving him to the hospital and his shoulder has never been the same since.

For myself, I am having right shoulder pain believe it or not, from dead lifting.

But yes, benching can also do it.

PS: It's spelled SHOULDER

I lift between 5 to 8 reps usually on bench to get maxium strength gains and save other exercises for 10 to 12 reps.
I think it is from benching as ive been benching alot lately and never used to bench as much. do u think the rep range could influence an injury

Originally Posted by ahiggs

my shoulders use to hurt in almost the exact same place, mine was caused by not knowing how to bench correctly. i would essentially climb under the bar and start pushing. my shoulders dont hurt anymore since i have corrected this. so knowing nothing about you, are you keeping your pinching your shoulder blades together and your back tight through the entire movement?

when i bench i arch my back alot but keep my arse on the bench and feet on the floor, (typical powerlifters bench) i pretty much sit on my traps and push the bar bell down lower using triceps alot. My best mate has a bad shoulder injury and he says its from benching. mabye ill just do dumbells for a while.

Originally Posted by minimal

HOW TO CURE SHOULDER PROBLEMS (Trust me this will do it 90% of the time) - IntenseMuscle.com

thanks mate i readit but im slightly confused how to do it. i can do the first half of the movement by holding the broom out in front of me and lifting it over my head but how do you bring it down your back.? your shoulders dont actually bend that way, i must be confused

I suffer from shoulder pain in my left side also. Been dealing with it for years. I tried to rest them, avoid presses and even working out upper body all together with not much improvement. So it turned out to be some form of chronic inflammatory condition for which ibuprofen and prolounged use of fish oil helped tons. Probably not your situation but I figured I'd throw my scenario out there for you to consider if all else fails.

Originally Posted by strength is pain

when i bench i arch my back alot but keep my arse on the bench and feet on the floor, (typical powerlifters bench) i pretty much sit on my traps and push the bar bell down lower using triceps alot. My best mate has a bad shoulder injury and he says its from benching. mabye ill just do dumbells for a while.

this is the way i bench now as well, and it has fixed my problem so far, but you may be pushing a lot more than i do? good luck

Originally Posted by strength is pain

thanks mate i readit but im slightly confused how to do it. i can do the first half of the movement by holding the broom out in front of me and lifting it over my head but how do you bring it down your back.? your shoulders dont actually bend that way, i must be confused

Widen your grip on the broom handle and you'll be able to go all the way back. I do 50 of these everyday since I read that on intensemuscle.

Originally Posted by CaptainNapalm

I suffer from shoulder pain in my left side also. Been dealing with it for years. I tried to rest them, avoid presses and even working out upper body all together with not much improvement. So it turned out to be some form of chronic inflammatory condition for which ibuprofen and prolounged use of fish oil helped tons. Probably not your situation but I figured I'd throw my scenario out there for you to consider if all else fails.

yer thanx mate all help is great, i have alot of fish oil but not much ibuprofen. will definately look into it. cheers

Originally Posted by ahiggs

this is the way i bench now as well, and it has fixed my problem so far, but you may be pushing a lot more than i do? good luck

my max is 150 and i usually do reps of 100, 110, 120, 130. so i dunno but i do push really hard. ive since starting doing rotator cuff exercises. well see if this helps, fingers crossed

Originally Posted by Anabolic5150

Widen your grip on the broom handle and you'll be able to go all the way back. I do 50 of these everyday since I read that on intensemuscle.

thanx chief, ill give it a go. does it help you

Originally Posted by strength is pain

I have lately been getting a sharp pain in the rear of my right shouldar(weak arm) and as its not to bad atm i dont want it to worsen. ppl have told me that most shouldar injuries is from benching. Is this true and are there any exercises you can reccommend to help the pain

Difficult to say if that's true or not. It might be from your benching or it might just be one of those things. Have a friend/coach check your form after you've recovered from this injury.

I'd follow the advice given here and will also encourage you to rest the shoulder that's bothering you. I took several weeks off from training my left arm due to pain in that elbow. Still did right arm db curls, presses, even pulling/rowing movements.

Check this video out for some additional rehab/preventative work:

Originally Posted by strength is pain

I lift between 5 to 8 reps usually on bench to get maxium strength gains and save other exercises for 10 to 12 reps.
I think it is from benching as ive been benching alot lately and never used to bench as much. do u think the rep range could influence an injury

I don't believe rep range is as critical or important as form. Are you bouncing the bar off your rib cage, are you straining or training, are you lifting beyond your abilities?

If a person uses poor form I'd bet they're more likely to suffer an injury.

If someone strains -- just struggling to complete their reps -- instead of trains then the same injury may take place.

If a lifter is trying to move more weight than they can reasonably handle then it's asking for trouble.

Yes, we all have to take the progressive part seriously. We're in the gym to increase the weight moved, but we have to or might consider letting the strength increase naturally rather than trying to force the gains by slipping into poor form with the illusion that they're making gains in strength.

I've seen many people using momentum more than muscle. Always wonder if they're actually gaining strength or just becoming better at cheating the movement.

Mr. Olympia Lee Haney had a great quote or recommendation: "Stimulate, don't annihilate!"

Best of luck with your shoulder.