Chest day = Shoulder pain ... WHY!?

[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