Dangerous excercises for your 'Cuffs'

[DrBones]

Hey guys,
I don't have the best rotator cuffs in the world and have had ban impingement problems in the past... I was wondering if you guys could help me toss together a list of excercises to avoid which would cause more potential negative rotator cuff problems than good results.
Thanks
Ryan

 

[ZZuluZ]

Behind the neck preses for most people.

-Zulu

 

[lemur]

bench press done bodybuilder style.

any sort of pressing movement done on a fixed plane (machines, smith)

as ZZuluZ mentioned, behind the neck presses.

apparently flyes (especially those done on a fixed plane) are bad, I don't get irritation from them.

front raises hurt mine a bit, dunno if it's just me.

i'll post more as i think of them.

 

[ZZuluZ]

"bench press done bodybuilder style.
"

Explain......

-Zulu

 

[makedah]

I've also read that the following are bad for folks with rotator cuff problems:

upright rows
military presses
dips

 

[barbell265]

Like they said...

I would agree that the two worst are front raises, they kill my shoulders, and ANYTHING behind the neck. I have a good bro' in Mass who owned "The Muscle Mill", out of Fitchburg and he had a couple of New England Patriots players who lifted there. They told him one day that if their trainers/therapist, whatever, caught them doing anything behind the neck they would be fined $5,000 on the spot!!

Take that for what it's worth...

 

[CytoMel]

Bench dips or those dips that people do with their hands on a bench behind their back are SHOULDER DESTROYERS and yet I see small people doing them at the commercial gym all the time and they woder why they have bad shoulders.

 

[b fold the truth]

Nothing is dangerous (within reason) if done properly and you properly train your body to do it.

B True

 

[ZZuluZ]

"Nothing is dangerous (within reason) if done properly and you properly train your body to do it."

PRECISELY. To say, without qualification that certain exercises are 100% bad isn't justified. Some exercises are dangerous in most people. But if you've achieved the flexibility [and other characteristics] then there's likely no problem with the movement.

-Zulu

 

[makedah]

B fold and ZZ,

Clearly, some people can get away with moves that other people cannot. Personally, I do not see OHPs in my future. But do you really think that ALL moves are safe? I find that hard to believe so I'd love to hear what you have to say about it.

Can't the 'correct' form of a move threaten the integrity of joints, discs or connective tissue? That doesn't mean that someone is guaranteed injury from doing it, but the exercise could increase the likelihood of injury and therefore may be particularly troublesome for someone who has a history of problems in that body part. Aren't there some exercises (either 'tried and true' or novel) that are inherently riskier than others? I'm thinking here of what I've read about leg extensions as well as several of these shoulder moves.