more shoulder probs...

[circusgirl]

Hi, I was doing some heavy good mornings on Tuesday and I noticed a new type of shoulder pain. It seems that the bar, where it was positioned on my back, was pressing down on something and causing pain.

Here's the strange bit, the bar was on my back, resting more or less on top of the top of my scapula ( middle of traps) where there is a handy natural groove for resting it. But the pain was at that shop near the underside of my shoulder and down the top of my arm.

Now I have pain when I put pressure on whatever part of whatever muscle goes right down the TOP of the arm (triceps head? part of the biceps?) whenever I put my arm back like for holding the bar etc.

Which muscle is this? Or did I end up resting the bar on a nerve and bruise the tissue around that, or a tendon? I think this is related to the scapula problem that caused the other injury as well, but I'm just wondering what the problem is (it's not the rotator cuffs, slightly above those, the cuffs are fine, and I continue to to prehab for these as well to avoid rotator trouble when my bench increases).

I don't have pain when benching BTW. Any ideas?

 

[Lord_Suston]

you put the bar on your supraspinatus, part of the muscle that rotates you arm. It originates on the scapular spine and runs over the acromial joint. You most likeley bruised it by doing GM's.

 

[circusgirl]

thanks! that makes sense.

 

[b fold the truth]

Talk to Spatts...and I'd hit the supp t bar rows...or doing them with bands...pretty consistently.

Seriously though...talk to Spatts.

B True