shoulder hurts

**cj1capp** · 04-26-2005, 09:19 PM

my right side shoulder the front dealt hurts verry bad this has happend befor due to poor lifting style. I took some time off and now use strick form my strength came back but yesterday so did the pain any advice I was lifting in the 275 to 335 lbs range

**Juddman** · 04-26-2005, 09:23 PM

I have had the same problem..I took it easy for a few weeks, then before every chest workout I do major stretching and warm-ups. Light weights, swinging my arms around, rotator cuff stretching...also glucosamine helps with joint pain.

**BlueAndromeda73** · 04-26-2005, 09:30 PM

there are some really good shoulder warm ups I do for my left shoulder, I got it form a trainer, I have a partially torn rotator cuff, I will look for the print out so pm me if you want them I will try to find it ASAP.

**FCRS** · 04-27-2005, 02:22 AM

what excercise were you performing?

**Papi93** · 07-30-2005, 05:34 PM

Charles Poliquin has some excellent advice of rotator cuff strengthening. Check it out at t-nation.com. From the bench pressing, my guess is that your internal rotators, of the shoulder, have become too strong for your external rotators. Poliquin gives a good strength ratio for the internals and externals. If you increase you external rotator strength, Poliquin says that it will increase your bench as well! This makes sense since your externals work as stabilizers during the bench. If you're foundation is stronger, you'll move more weight and have less pain (maybe none if you have a balanced ratio).

**lcpl kill** · 07-30-2005, 09:07 PM

find some good physicla therapy exersizes but you should also go get an x ray so you know what your working with i was walking around with a slap and rotator cuff tear for almost two years my recovery and surgery would have went alot easier had i got it taken care of sooner.

**Papi93** · 08-03-2005, 09:29 PM

Originally Posted by lcpl kill

find some good physicla therapy exersizes but you should also go get an x ray so you know what your working with i was walking around with a slap and rotator cuff tear for almost two years my recovery and surgery would have went alot easier had i got it taken care of sooner.

If you decide to see a doctor, make sure that you see a sports medicine shoulder specialist. Regular doctors can be a jack of all trades and a master of none. No disrespect to regular docs, though, because they are highly intelligent human beings.

It's just that the specialists have seen situations like yours more times than we can count. Good luck, bro.