Chest day = Shoulder pain ... WHY!?

[gettinlarger]

when im workin my chest, my shoulder(s) will begin to hurt some. and its not "pump" pain either. its pain-pain. any guesses as to why? im thinking its because of either (a) heavy weight or (b) i dont stretch enough. im thinking of stretching before and after workouts, which i should do, but often forget. if it helps, im 5'9, 164, bench is up to 255 (as of today! yes!), db's are up to 90s. any and all help is appreciated. the pain has just recently come up, in the last few weeks or so.

 

[110%]

could it be your rotator cuffs, do u do any exercises for these, also i would take a week off maybe you just messed something up there if this is the first time it has happened, though if it is reoccuring each workout for a while then you got a problem more than a week off will help.

 

[Lord_Suston]

is your form perfect, a lot of people when using heavy weight move there shoulders to get some more momentum. Also some times people's shoulders will raise toward their heads on the bench to provide extra leverage, this puts a lot of strain on you shoulders, try to stretch and do some lighter weight for 2 weeks and see if the pain goes away.....

 

[The Terminator]

Try some Deca Seriously what the other guys said is probably better.

 

[Robboe]

is your form perfect, a lot of people when using heavy weight move there shoulders to get some more momentum. Also some times people's shoulders will raise toward their heads on the bench to provide extra leverage, this puts a lot of strain on you shoulders, try to stretch and do some lighter weight for 2 weeks and see if the pain goes away.....

This is the first thing i thought of when i read his post. I reckon it's most likely non-perfect form over a period of time and it's gradually took it's toll.

 

[the nature boy]

are you using dumbells or a barbell. some people report shoulder pain when using a barbell, especially on flat bench.

 

[BodybuildingUniverse]

shoulders play a huge role on chest day. In fact, some athletes get more out of their shoulders then their pecs on chest day. You may want to mix up your exercises a bit. I dont bench anymore really for pec mass, just use the dumbells and really stretch and squeeze. Hope this helps...also, warm up real good no matter what you do and always start off with some rotator cuff exercises

 

[StoneColdGold]

well obviously you're doing serious internal rotation on chest day. if you have adhesions and scar tissue in your rotator cuff (and if you're an avid weightlifter, its safe to say you do), it will pull your shoulder out of alignment, causing impingement and other problems.

read my replies in this thread:

http://boards.elitefitness.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=101525

 

[the nature boy]

well obviously you're doing serious internal rotation on chest day. if you have adhesions and scar tissue in your rotator cuff (and if you're an avid weightlifter, its safe to say you do), it will pull your shoulder out of alignment, causing impingement and other problems.

read my replies in this thread:

http://boards.elitefitness.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=101525

hey SCG, is ART applicable to knee pain? both my knees are killing me.

 

[SmooThy5464]

i hear ya man my shoulders always kill on chest day but i have been stretchin the hell outta them be4 hand which has been helpfull but it deff sux

 

[gettinlarger]

thanks guys, ill definitely do what everyone has suggested

 

[StoneColdGold]

hey SCG, is ART applicable to knee pain? both my knees are killing me.

yes ART can definitely be of help with knee problems. obviously, it depends on the specific problem and the severity. ART isn't going to fix a torn ACL, to use an extreme example.

In all honestl, my knee is the one chronic problem (along with degenerative disc disease, but that doesn't count) I have that ART has not been able to sufficiently cure. It helps to lessen the pain, but my knee is not getting much better, overall. If I had the money to make a visit twice a week and the time to let it rest, i'm sure i could make some progress. My problem is severe patellar tendonitis. except the patellar tendon is so far down the chain of problems, that until i get my back, glutes, hammys, hip flexors, and quads all in top form (no adhesions, good flexibility, no scar tissue, etc), they are just going to keep affecting my knee.

I've been seeing a new ART guy in Tempe who is a biomechanics expert. the guy is absolutely amazing and has been a big help to me. i really have a much better understanding now of how it is that these chronic problems develop. i'm trying to stay focused now on improving my overall "chain of kinetics", instead of just worrying about the particular body part that hurts. the guy who started this post is a classic example of how the body part with the pain is not necessarily the source of the problem.

anyway, if i can help with anymore info, let me know. but giving ART a try is ALWAYS the first way to go in my opinion.

 

[JOKER47]

I had bad pain from BB bench-press. It was due to bad form. There was post in EF that gave a good detailed description, (one I'm sure of many that there are) of proper form. I followed it, and am able to BB bench quite well with no shoulder pain.

.02,
Joker

 

[Realgains]

Rotator cuff no doubt...go see a sports doc

 

[gettinlarger]

this past chest workout i did a few shoulder/rotator cuff exercises before i hit the bench. i also concentrated on perfect form, and i tell you, i didnt feel a thing in my shoulders. friggin awesome. thanks everyone

 

[Jowers]

Do you do barbell military press. Because I've been lifting for a few years and I've always done dumbell overhead press but as soon as I started doing heavy barbell military press my shoulders started to hurt all the time esspecially on bench so I quit doing them and now my shoulders feel fine