Strange red lines on shoulders?

[Malleus]

Does anybody else get strange red lines--look like abrasions or burst blood vessels under the skin--on their shoulders after squats or other exercises? I'm thinking it's just the bar somehow leaving a mark on my shoulders, sometimes lasting a few days? Just curious.

 

[gsxr600]

If they go inline with the shoulder they are stretch marks.

 

[needsleep]

I get them running down my traps particularly after I use the leg press machine, I just always thought it was due to the weight resting there.

 

[Malleus]

definitely don't think they're stretchmarks... they look like fine red lines, sometimes two or three running horizontally across the top of the shoulder, as if left there by the weight of the bar. it just seems strange that they'd remain for several days... they kind of look veiny (except not raised).

 

[Aussie Juga naught]

That shit happens to me when I use the standing calf machine...No big deal.

 

[casualbb]

burst blood vessels under the skin

You hit the nail on the head.

If it really bugs you, stick a towel over your shoulder. It distributes the weight and helps prevent it.

-casualbb

 

[spatts]

Like this?

They're war wounds. Get a tank top, and go to Walmart and show them off.

 

[rnch]

LOL @ war wounds......i also get them form the standing calf machine.....a towel or a thick sweat shirt helps to minimize it.

i kinda like seeing them there.......lets me know i did something the day before.

as spatts sez. wear a tank top (or no top) and show it off!! those "in the know" will identify with you.

 

[daok]

It's happend to me when I do Hack Squat machine, towel or not I have theses red mark but they go aways 2-3 days later. They are normal normal do not worry

 

[JollyRogers]

I get them when I squat, behind my neck and on my traps, its just from heavy weights and the bar rubs the skin because my t-shirt is loose and causes friction.