pain in shoulder when doing pecks?

[W8lifterwanabie]

hey , i dunno why but when im working out on my pecks specially on the vertical chest press, i get a stabbing pain in my left shoulder, but when i work on my shoulders its completely fine, no pain... its so odd....rly annoys me

any of you lot ever come across anything like this?


peace

 

[myCATpowerlifts]

its your rotator cuff

 

[W8lifterwanabie]

is that bad?

how long u recon it take to heal? wot should i do to help it? ect ect..

 

[Just a guy]

Cartlidge could be runnin low

 

[myCATpowerlifts]

yea it could be real bad, over the past 2 weeks we've had like 3 threads over the rotator cuff ill go get them to you real quick

 

[myCATpowerlifts]

here are some, i didnt find the one i wanted tho, but these are good references

http://www.ironmagazineforums.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=16535&highlight=rotator+cuff

http://www.ironmagazineforums.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=26294&highlight=rotator+cuff

http://www.ironmagazineforums.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=26062&highlight=rotator+cuff

http://www.ironmagazineforums.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=22966&highlight=rotator+cuff

 

[JerseyDevil]

I've been having a similar problem. Bench press fine. Military fine. Incline press and Hammer Strength incline, ouch! In my case it doesn't really hurt while I'm doing it, but at night when I'm sleeping... OUCH! I have since switched to dumbells for inclines and also warm up my shoulders with light cable movements right before any pressing movements. It seems this has worked, and the pain is subsiding.

 

[DeadBolt]

Mudge where are you damnit. Read the proper way to bench in his sig, it helped me. Keep your shoulder blades together and dont let your shoulders over take the lift. Use the sites that were given in my thread, they show excersises to work the rotator cuff. They helped me

 

[plouffe]

I like to do L-Flys before any overhead, or pressing movement. It warms up your rotator cuffs / internal shoulder better than anyother excerise.

 

[Just a guy]

bench pressing is a un-natural movement... if u have trouble with bench... then do something else... like dumbells.. Just grab a couple of 150's and rep those motha's... that'll get your bench press on up there

 

[Brak86]

my rotator cuff recently got strained too! (aand i thought i was alone)....ive stopped lifting for awhile....im very frustrated but safety first!...anyways....go see a specialist...ure health is worth the money!

 

[Trap-isaurus]

glucosamine and chondriton (<---sp?) are good for helping heal/repair joints.

 

[myCATpowerlifts]

^right but it wont be enough, take a while off and dont do it if it hurts

incline is hell on rotator cuffs for me

 

[JLB001]

Could be bursitis..put you hand on your head....does it still hurt???? If it doesn't, it is mostly likey bursitis. Anti inflammatories and rest.....

 

[Mudge]

I dont touch my chest on inclines anymore. Not only does it mess with my shoulders but my biceps are in the way anyway. I use a squatters pad on the bar when doing inclines, and I do them after my declines now to reduce strain on the delts. I also go pretty slow on this one so the weights are lower than would otherwise be used.

I am once again also having trouble with flats even if only doing one set, so I am dropping them except rare occasions (whatever that means).

Declines
Inclines
Carefull use of the pec dec (no crazy stretching anymore)

I do rotator stuff with 15 pound dumbells and I bench upper 300s, I would suggest 5 or 10 pound plates for most, SLOW, deliberate, and do not force yourself to use a painfull range of motion.

 

[myCATpowerlifts]

my biceps are in the way anyway

oh poor you