Shoulder injury...i think

[RockyX]

Just wondering if any of you have experienced a shoulder injury like this. It actually seems to hurt the most at the insertion point of the deltoid and my upper arm. Many/Most movements are painful including taking off my shirt. I play rugby and its normally when I'm pushing with that shoulder that I'll hear a "rip" sound and the pain comes. Then next day I won't be able to move it, and it pops and grinds alot....it probably doesn't help that I still continue to play rugby and lift heavy w/ it, but I'm very worried about taking steps backward in the muscle department. Anyone had similar problems?

[dsa8864667]

Yes having same problem here but no ripping sound. I also still lift heavy, I've bveen hurting for a month. Finally deciding to take the week of to see if that helps. Let you how that goes.

[AnabolicBoy1981]

as long as you are doin anythinng other than liftin this will happen it can happen liftin too. i would keep hammering it until you are retired from rugby, then go to an ortho when you are retired and have him get you an MRI. maybe even both shoulders. take a year, repair your injuuries. then try to enjoy a life of just workin out to get big and strong. JMO

i wrestled and fought for awhile, and i had labral tears in both shuolders. i got one fixed september.....soon the other.

[doby48]

as long as you are doin anythinng other than liftin this will happen it can happen liftin too. i would keep hammering it until you are retired from rugby, then go to an ortho when you are retired and have him get you an MRI. maybe even both shoulders. take a year, repair your injuuries. then try to enjoy a life of just workin out to get big and strong. JMO

I dont agree with this, there may be something that can be done about it now. Why continue to ruin your shoulder now just so you can have some fun and end up later with potentially permanent damage? I had a motorcycle accident years ago that lead to something similar that you are talking about. Go to a doctor and get a referral for a physical therapist. They will show you exercises to avoid along with ones that will help strengthen the surronding muscles. Putting less strain on the affected part of your shoulder and building the supporting muscles can make a huge difference if you caught it early enough. I was able to stop the progression by doing just that and that was 15 yrs ago.

Dont take the chance of doing permanent damage... I am now a wheelchair user (because of a disease, nothing to do with weight training) and if I would have let my shoulders go back then I might not be able to get myself around in a wheelchair today without he use of an electric chair. Dont take anything for granted and get it checked out and meet with Physical Therapy the sooner the better.

[Mobligator]

I dont agree with this, there may be something that can be done about it now. Why continue to ruin your shoulder now just so you can have some fun and end up later with potentially permanent damage? I had a motorcycle accident years ago that lead to something similar that you are talking about. Go to a doctor and get a referral for a physical therapist. They will show you exercises to avoid along with ones that will help strengthen the surronding muscles. Putting less strain on the affected part of your shoulder and building the supporting muscles can make a huge difference if you caught it early enough. I was able to stop the progression by doing just that and that was 15 yrs ago.

Dont take the chance of doing permanent damage... I am now a wheelchair user (because of a disease, nothing to do with weight training) and if I would have let my shoulders go back then I might not be able to get myself around in a wheelchair today without he use of an electric chair. Dont take anything for granted and get it checked out and meet with Physical Therapy the sooner the better.

"There's a ton of wisdom in this post!" I would take her advice guys and see a professional if it doesn't get better in a week of complete resting. I tore my right rotator cuff doing heavy bench presses and put off seeing an orthopedic until I could hardly comb my hair. By the time I saw the doc it was a complete tear of the supratinitis tendon.

[AnabolicBoy1981]

I dont agree with this, there may be something that can be done about it now. Why continue to ruin your shoulder now just so you can have some fun and end up later with potentially permanent damage? I had a motorcycle accident years ago that lead to something similar that you are talking about. Go to a doctor and get a referral for a physical therapist. They will show you exercises to avoid along with ones that will help strengthen the surronding muscles. Putting less strain on the affected part of your shoulder and building the supporting muscles can make a huge difference if you caught it early enough. I was able to stop the progression by doing just that and that was 15 yrs ago.

Dont take the chance of doing permanent damage... I am now a wheelchair user (because of a disease, nothing to do with weight training) and if I would have let my shoulders go back then I might not be able to get myself around in a wheelchair today without he use of an electric chair. Dont take anything for granted and get it checked out and meet with Physical Therapy the sooner the better.

i didnt mean to say ABUSE the bejesus outa the thing, and not even see a doc. Def go to a doc, even get him to order you an MRI, in fact see if he will order it for both. Just tell him your other one hurts even if it doesnt . thats what i did just for the fvck of it and guess what? i have a tear there too. After you know the deal(which you will probably be a torn labrum or rotator on the one if not both), you can ask him if you can try several weeks of therapy instead of surgery FOR NOW. If the therapy works and you are able to play normaly(and playing is your priority right now yes?) then you can continue with rugby till you get sick of it or accomplish your goals. After you stop playing your sport, get all your injuries repaired surgically, so that you can restart your weightraining and fitness afresh. This proceess may take a year, or more, or less, depending how your work lets you take time off. But a year will seem like nothing when your 35 tryin to reach your bodybuilding goals on torn shoulder joints.
It makes no sense hwever to get surgery, be out for 4 months, and then start back, then injure somethin else, get surgery, start backe, injure somethin etc. You wont get shit done in your sport this way. Take several weeks off, do therapy, see if you can get back in the game that way. If you can, you will be able to play/compete and still progress a little with the weightlifting. Your weightlifting will suffer, a little. I had tears in both for probly 7 years. Did they hurt? no. Did i lift heavy? yes. did i make progress? some. As much as if they were never torn? probably not. Was the instability annoying during certain lifts? yeah. But weightlifting was priority #2, Fighting/wrestling was #1. Now im done with all that shyt and i wanna be a big monster. Now, lifting#1 , so i will repair everything, and rebuild, and rebuild it better than before...and safely as possible. Yuor descision must be about life and your priorities, at the time. Sit, think, reevalute. Make no emmotinal decisions, and do what you must.

[doby48]

Be sure to give Physical Therapy a chance though... a month or more away from rugby and your normal weigh training routine in order to build the surrounding muscle enough to support and rest the injured one is a small price to pay if you have caught it early enough.