Pain during skull crushers....

Uthinkso · 07-10-2007, 06:29 AM

So I was doing my second set of skull crushers yesterday and felt an odd pain in my left shoulder. I stopped immediately, and took a 2-3 minute rest then went back and tried one more. Sure enough as soon as I get to the 90 degree position it feels like somebody is pulling my left shoulder away from my body. Mind you I tore this rotator cuff six years ago. I was using an EZ curl bar with a 25lb plate on each side. So maybe 65lb at the most, not a lot of weight even by my standards.

Ideas??

**P-funk** · 07-10-2007, 06:51 AM

stop doing skull crushers.

does your shoulder hurt during other movements?

Uthinkso · 07-10-2007, 07:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by P-funk

stop doing skull crushers.

does your shoulder hurt during other movements?

It hurts when I do dumbell flys laying on a flat bench. Other than that its been perfect. I avoid DB flys for that reason, and only work the skull crushers in here and there. I'll take them off the list and its business as usual.

danzik17 · 07-10-2007, 07:42 AM

Just dump them if they don't work for you - I can't do skull crushers either.

For some reason my left arm just doesn't agree with the movement - last time I did them even with light weight my elbow gave out and wouldn't support almost any weight for weeks.

There's plenty of exercises to replace it if you don't like it.

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07-10-2007, 07:42 AM	#4
danzik17 Gender: MALE Elite Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Connecticut Posts: 1,764 Blog Entries: 5	Just dump them if they don't work for you - I can't do skull crushers either. For some reason my left arm just doesn't agree with the movement - last time I did them even with light weight my elbow gave out and wouldn't support almost any weight for weeks. There's plenty of exercises to replace it if you don't like it.
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