I dislocated my left shoulder at the gym doing incline dumbell bench press. I was doing too wide trying to hit my chest more and it ended up just dislocating when i was pushing up.
I hurt my shoulder over a period of time just as you mentioned. If inflamtion develops, a person must shut it down for several months just doing rehabilitation exercises. If not, surgery may be required.
I have a question about benching. I was told by training coach to never put the bar on your chest because the weight puts stress on your shoulders and to always be parallel with your chest when coming down. Is that true? About a year ago I was putting the bar on my chest and my shoulders have not recovered since. I also have a sharp pain on my left shoulder. Any advice?
my shoulder gives a little clunk when i do pressing exercises, in fact if i just make a pressing motion. Is this normal? doesn't hurt really, just seems kinda wrong. any suggestions?
I hurt my shoulder benching 3 months ago, and it still hasn't healed. It wasn't an injury over time, it happened in a single bench. It hurts in front of the shoulder, from the outer end of the collar bone, straight down. In the area you describe. It aches from the surface down to the bone. I've been having to bench 20lbs less than what I normally bench. I tried to continue normally, and strive through the pain, but it makes my collar bone feel like it's going to snap, What is this most likely?
@y26op dont agitate it but start doing shoulder strengthening exercises and stretch it. stop if ur feeling any pain. stop bench pressing until u feel no pain other wise u might seriously injury ur shoulder.
Hello gpdea, Helpfull video. I have been training for 17 years and never really had any bad injuries, but for the last 6 months i have had severe pain in my left shoulder when bench pressing with a wide grip, incline is even worse. I have been to the doctors and he gave me anti inflammatory Tablets and said it could be arthritis in my shoulder. I can still curl without pain and bench with dumbells with my hands facing inwards without pain. I am only 35 and really could do with some ideas. tia.
good info,I have had a serious problem with my ac joint, 6 months of pain and 2 cortisones after at the age of 24 and im still very weak around that area, been a serious trainer I have put this injury down from bench pressing and with researching this ive asked a few pros about it and they say AVOID the bench press full stop and concentrate on incline free weights, its a dangerous exercise in my eyes and by far the most overated, benching does NOT dertamin a persons strength as an individual.
Hi mate thanks for the vid. When you bench heavy and feel like an over stretch on your shoulder what does that mean. Happened to me and shoulder for a few days felt really worn out and worked and only really hurt when I did the bench press movement or did a peck deck type stretch against the wall or raised my arm up straight. Any ideas would be great.
@WargeMaster1 An overstretch usually means you've strained tissue. It doesn't have to be muscle tissue you've strained, it could be the coverings of the muscle. Interesting to hear it still hurt when lifting your arm up straight, ie without much load. Often when you've strained, you get left with a myofascial trigger point that continues to provide symptoms. Get a qualified physio or physical therapist to check it out.
I get a pain through my left shoulder joint area towards the front of the joint. I also get fatigue in my wrist and forearm, what could i be doing wrong and how could i fix it?
@FGTitherley It's not easy to say what you're doing wrong because it might be related to days or weeks or months or years of doing something subtly wrong. Often fatigue in the wrist and forearm can be referred from the front of the shoulder, and trigger points are often to blame there. Fixing trigger points requires a skilled practitioner, and may involve acupuncture.
@buttmunch69ed Hi there. Pain is different for everyone and can include pain that's related to harmed tissue, or pain related to hurting tissue. If the tissue is harmed - then no, you shouldn't be lifting til its sorted. You'll know if it's harmed because the pain will persist, there may be some residual aching, swelling possibly. You'll know it's hurt if the pain is more like the muscle burn from doing high reps. If you do one rep and it hurts, thats not cool and you'll need to get it checked.
hey thanks man.. yeah ive finally started benching again.. except im only doing about 200 lbs with my legs in the air and high reps.. i started doing light dumbbells and worked up to 100lb in each hand.. i seem to be able to do that easier than bench.. i think im focused on worrying about the pain when i do bench and i actually make myself feel something is wrong.. that injury scared me and i dont wanna do it again.. slowly but surely coming back.. long road to 450lbs again.. THANKS!!!
@nick191088 THe injury you suffered could be one of a few different tendons - pec, subscapularis, long or short head of biceps or even coracobrachialis - I saw a coracobrachialis rupture recently in a dumb-bell fly incident. I suppose thats the potential danger with fast powered bench that's wide and heavy. Sorry to hear it.
hey cool vid very informative. i just had a shoulder injury at the gym the other day. I like to go wide and heavy with bench press.
I tried to go to fast one time and I managed to "catch" the bar and force it up, but stopping so much weight so wide and deep put alot of strain on me. At the lowest point a loud audible series of cracks could be heard and a sort of numb pain shot throug the front of my left shoulder.
what do you think it is, the tendon that joins the pec to wherever it goes?
@nick191088 Could be the pec, long or short head of biceps, subscapularis or coracobrachialis, which I saw ruptured recently doing DB flies. Bad luck if you do it. Managed conservatively though.
@GregoryDea hey thanks for the reply. Yeah my shoulder's all good now was hurting for a while but with time it's come round. I was one of the young guys who believed that i'll never get an injury but now i know the importance of lifting smart and safe.
Could also mention doing DB bench presses and pec flies on the floor, so the sholders do not go behind the plane of the body. Also reduces the chance of accidents.
Any comments about the safely of doing DB upright rows?
@ericclaptonismygod31 Good question. The only problem I see with doing DB upright rows is the tendency for lifters to "round" the shoulders in the movement, ie protract and downwardly rotate the scapula. This happens when scapula stability is bad, and predisposes to impingement. Bottom line - keep shoulder blades secure in the neutral position - not depressed and forward.
G'day mate, top advice and very well presented too.
I think I've done what you describe to both my shoulders, I get general soreness/tenderness to those small muscles on the very front of shoulders, which seemed to be most aggravated by incline dumbbell bench.
My questions are:
1. Who's the best medical professional to consult about this?
2. How long should I train close grip, as per your advice, until I can go back to normal grip?
I was doing bench press when i hurt my pec/shoulder. I started out with 135.. did that 25 times.. got up stretched.. waited about 2 minutes.. threw 225 was planning on 12 reps.. well i came down maybe too fast and when i went to push up my pec (where the z is on your shirt) made a crackling feeling.. like an empty water bottle.. i racked it.. havent done bench.. it was sore for a day.. how long should i wait to use it? what can i do to speed up healing? Thanks
@zekejames Man - so sorry to be so late getting back to you - I was away for ages and had trouble with my youtube login. You wait as long as it takes for there to be no pain performing a basic bench press movement with light load, then progress from there. There isn't much you can do to speed up healing, but you can definitely delay healing by doing things wrong - using heat too early (causes swelling), not using ice and a compression pad - allows swelling then excess scar tissue, too earlyload
The side of my shoulder facing out seems stiff. Can you tell me how to stretch it out? Also I think I have a pulled muscle below my shoulder blade. How can I stretch the muscles out. Also I max out at 115lbs on bench press in gym and we're testing tomorrow and I warm up with 105 and couldn't get it up so dropped the weight to 100 and couldn't get it up. Any suggestions on what I can do.
@BronsonW24 Sorry for delay - it's probably too late now. A stiffness on the side of the shoulder is probably a trigger point in the middle deltoid. Can't stretch it really - best bet is hand behind back stretch. Best to get it dry needled, or cold spray and stretch. A warm up with 105 is too close to your max. Plus, if you're maxing, you're going to use heaps of creatine, which takes up to 5 minutes to replenish, so wait 5 mins between max efforts.
what he has just described here is exactly what happened to me last week. The anterior part of my shoulder became sore during a bench press and it became sore. Today has been a week since the event occurred and when I tried to do a bench press, it was so sore that I had to stop after the first set. I watched this video tonight and tried some pushups with narrowing my grip and there was no pain. I think I will still wait two weeks to let it heal and try again. Thanks dude
@sfox03 If it's popping out, it will keep popping out. You can have the joint stabilised through surgery, that's the only way. Strapping and bracing don't prevent it from dislocating, or even partially dislocating. The grinding is not always a problem, but it might mean something is torn, floating inside, or at the very least, that the joint is not sliding and gliding and rotating as it should. Get it checked out by a good sports physiotherapist or physical therapist and an orthopedic surgeon.
i have a pain in my left shoulder it causes pain in my bicep aswell, i do not want to stop weights becos ov this what can i do, also can i get a steroid injection to fix this??
@noemitb There's a couple of tendons that refer or send pain down to the bicep, they are the Supraspinatus tendon, the Long Head of Biceps Tendon, and possibly even the sub-acromial bursa. There's a few things that can be done - first of all, get a proper diagnosis by having it looked at. A steroid definitely might help. You might get some really good relief as well from soft tissue therapy or dry needling to the area. A good manual therapist or acupuncturist could be a good move for you.
When I shoulder press I have this very very weird feeling in my left shoulder. I can't explain it but it feels like something inside is slowly seperating.
No real pain but I def. feel something being pulled.
To tear something means to rip it, like tearing or ripping a piece of paper. Muscles tear partially or fully when the load applied to it is greater than the strength of the muscle.
i do suffer from pain at the front of my shoulder whilst doing any pressing, especially any fly movement, ironically i dont really feel much pain from side lat raises or front raises, sadly i have to revamp my training programme around my injury, in which im planning to lighten the load substantially and go for more reps, around the 20 to 30 rep as opposed to the 6- 8 rep range, i want to continure training my chest, will light loads and more reps hinder me further?
Hi there. I think if you're getting pain with fly's, this indicates a problem with the structures in front of the shoulder not tolerating the load you're putting on it. As well, it might indicate some friction or compression on a structure. Theoretically less load would be beneficial, but on another note, doing more movements that are frictioning or compressing might make it worse. Best bet is to try it and see what happens over the next couple of days.
I really appreciate the reply, I will ease up and avoid excersises that aggravate my injury further, I will also monitor its (hopfully) recovery, if there is little or no progress I will go and get it looked at.
thanks 4 the great video. i dislocated my shoulder in the gym about 6 months ago (being an idiot) and after an mri scan showed no damage i had 3 months of phsyio and it seems to have come right. im now wanting to get back in the gym but im worried its going 2 happen when im bench pressing. do u think this is likely 2 happen and would it b benificial 4 me 2 use the narrower grip? i guess im just goin 2 hav 2 start with light weights and see how i go. your input would b much appriciated. cheers
Absolutely beneficial to you to hold the bar closer and yes with light weights. You should check out the Arm Bar exercise with kettlebells, used by corrective exercise specialists developed by Gray Cook, of Functional Movement Screen fame. I havent done a net search for any video or description, but its the type of exercise that should be done to improve proprioception of a shoulder that is going to take weight. IF you cant find it, let me know, I can direct you to a DVD
Great job. Thanks for taking the time. I think I've developed this problem. I've tried the narrow grip recently but my mistake was going to the dumbells after for auxiliary work, so I'll stay away from that from now on because that's where the wider angle might have been hurting, not the bench. Thanks again.
I just had a bench press injury a few hours ago. I think I might have tore something because I felt a tearing feeling. It hurt at first but not really now.
Hi. My gut feeling is that we all risk permanent damage. But let me temper that by saying that as we use our joints, they become worn. Slowly, over time. But worse worn when the joints don't glide, slide and roll as they should. This means balanced muscular activity. Weight training is about powerful pushes, and should be done when you glide, slide and roll properly without weight. I reckon have a chat with an experienced advanced shoulder physio, and if all is well, start with close grip!
Many thanks. I have shoulder pain in the front of my shoulder from weight and circuit training. I've had physio and an MRI scan. The consultant said I didn't require surgery, but should see a physio again to modify my training. I thought this would mean no weights on my chest and shoulders again (I've had recent pain when doing just 10 press ups). I will try press ups and bench with a closer grip to see if this still hurts. Do I run the risk of permanent damage if I continue?
i have a pain in my outter left shoulder. it hurts when i do chest dips and inclinded bench pressing. its so weird how my right shoulder feels fine
EsTeVeZ141 1 week ago
My pain is in the front of my left shoulder and leads into my trap muscle. It is more of a annoying pain and can be calmed down with Advil.
TskullBlues 2 months ago
I dislocated my left shoulder at the gym doing incline dumbell bench press. I was doing too wide trying to hit my chest more and it ended up just dislocating when i was pushing up.
JoshTizza1 4 months ago
I hurt my shoulder over a period of time just as you mentioned. If inflamtion develops, a person must shut it down for several months just doing rehabilitation exercises. If not, surgery may be required.
Steven1l2 4 months ago
It would be much clearer if you could do a vid of proper bench press form and show angle of elbows, flared or not flared, etc. Thanks.
LuckyPandaX 4 months ago
Im just after doing shoulder dumbell press. I initially thought i injured my trap but my neck is in sever pain now. what is this?
Rafman2k11man 4 months ago
I have a question about benching. I was told by training coach to never put the bar on your chest because the weight puts stress on your shoulders and to always be parallel with your chest when coming down. Is that true? About a year ago I was putting the bar on my chest and my shoulders have not recovered since. I also have a sharp pain on my left shoulder. Any advice?
knowalex81 5 months ago
my shoulder gives a little clunk when i do pressing exercises, in fact if i just make a pressing motion. Is this normal? doesn't hurt really, just seems kinda wrong. any suggestions?
audevourahn 5 months ago
I hurt my shoulder benching 3 months ago, and it still hasn't healed. It wasn't an injury over time, it happened in a single bench. It hurts in front of the shoulder, from the outer end of the collar bone, straight down. In the area you describe. It aches from the surface down to the bone. I've been having to bench 20lbs less than what I normally bench. I tried to continue normally, and strive through the pain, but it makes my collar bone feel like it's going to snap, What is this most likely?
y26op 7 months ago
@y26op dont agitate it but start doing shoulder strengthening exercises and stretch it. stop if ur feeling any pain. stop bench pressing until u feel no pain other wise u might seriously injury ur shoulder.
habesha9779 6 months ago
Hello gpdea, Helpfull video. I have been training for 17 years and never really had any bad injuries, but for the last 6 months i have had severe pain in my left shoulder when bench pressing with a wide grip, incline is even worse. I have been to the doctors and he gave me anti inflammatory Tablets and said it could be arthritis in my shoulder. I can still curl without pain and bench with dumbells with my hands facing inwards without pain. I am only 35 and really could do with some ideas. tia.
ianste2003 9 months ago
good info,I have had a serious problem with my ac joint, 6 months of pain and 2 cortisones after at the age of 24 and im still very weak around that area, been a serious trainer I have put this injury down from bench pressing and with researching this ive asked a few pros about it and they say AVOID the bench press full stop and concentrate on incline free weights, its a dangerous exercise in my eyes and by far the most overated, benching does NOT dertamin a persons strength as an individual.
Tommy07z 1 year ago
Hi mate thanks for the vid. When you bench heavy and feel like an over stretch on your shoulder what does that mean. Happened to me and shoulder for a few days felt really worn out and worked and only really hurt when I did the bench press movement or did a peck deck type stretch against the wall or raised my arm up straight. Any ideas would be great.
WargeMaster1 1 year ago
@WargeMaster1 An overstretch usually means you've strained tissue. It doesn't have to be muscle tissue you've strained, it could be the coverings of the muscle. Interesting to hear it still hurt when lifting your arm up straight, ie without much load. Often when you've strained, you get left with a myofascial trigger point that continues to provide symptoms. Get a qualified physio or physical therapist to check it out.
GregoryDea 1 year ago
I get a pain through my left shoulder joint area towards the front of the joint. I also get fatigue in my wrist and forearm, what could i be doing wrong and how could i fix it?
FGTitherley 1 year ago
@FGTitherley It's not easy to say what you're doing wrong because it might be related to days or weeks or months or years of doing something subtly wrong. Often fatigue in the wrist and forearm can be referred from the front of the shoulder, and trigger points are often to blame there. Fixing trigger points requires a skilled practitioner, and may involve acupuncture.
GregoryDea 1 year ago
should i lift a smaller amount of weight while the shoulder still is in pain??
buttmunch69ed 1 year ago
@buttmunch69ed Hi there. Pain is different for everyone and can include pain that's related to harmed tissue, or pain related to hurting tissue. If the tissue is harmed - then no, you shouldn't be lifting til its sorted. You'll know if it's harmed because the pain will persist, there may be some residual aching, swelling possibly. You'll know it's hurt if the pain is more like the muscle burn from doing high reps. If you do one rep and it hurts, thats not cool and you'll need to get it checked.
GregoryDea 1 year ago
Thank you!Please upload more videos
Rjmjojo 1 year ago
hey thanks man.. yeah ive finally started benching again.. except im only doing about 200 lbs with my legs in the air and high reps.. i started doing light dumbbells and worked up to 100lb in each hand.. i seem to be able to do that easier than bench.. i think im focused on worrying about the pain when i do bench and i actually make myself feel something is wrong.. that injury scared me and i dont wanna do it again.. slowly but surely coming back.. long road to 450lbs again.. THANKS!!!
zekejames 1 year ago
@nick191088 THe injury you suffered could be one of a few different tendons - pec, subscapularis, long or short head of biceps or even coracobrachialis - I saw a coracobrachialis rupture recently in a dumb-bell fly incident. I suppose thats the potential danger with fast powered bench that's wide and heavy. Sorry to hear it.
GregoryDea 1 year ago
great guideline.Thanks a lot for video.
alex21tar 1 year ago
hey cool vid very informative. i just had a shoulder injury at the gym the other day. I like to go wide and heavy with bench press.
I tried to go to fast one time and I managed to "catch" the bar and force it up, but stopping so much weight so wide and deep put alot of strain on me. At the lowest point a loud audible series of cracks could be heard and a sort of numb pain shot throug the front of my left shoulder.
what do you think it is, the tendon that joins the pec to wherever it goes?
nick191088 1 year ago
@nick191088 Could be the pec, long or short head of biceps, subscapularis or coracobrachialis, which I saw ruptured recently doing DB flies. Bad luck if you do it. Managed conservatively though.
GregoryDea 1 year ago
@GregoryDea hey thanks for the reply. Yeah my shoulder's all good now was hurting for a while but with time it's come round. I was one of the young guys who believed that i'll never get an injury but now i know the importance of lifting smart and safe.
nick191088 1 year ago
Thank you for this wonderful video.
Could also mention doing DB bench presses and pec flies on the floor, so the sholders do not go behind the plane of the body. Also reduces the chance of accidents.
Any comments about the safely of doing DB upright rows?
ericclaptonismygod31 1 year ago
@ericclaptonismygod31 Good question. The only problem I see with doing DB upright rows is the tendency for lifters to "round" the shoulders in the movement, ie protract and downwardly rotate the scapula. This happens when scapula stability is bad, and predisposes to impingement. Bottom line - keep shoulder blades secure in the neutral position - not depressed and forward.
GregoryDea 1 year ago
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G'day mrfunkie123, thanks for the feedback.
With respect to your questions - the immediate assessment of the anterior shoulder muscles can be done by a sports physiotherapist.
You should continue to train close-grip until the prob is better enough for you to go back to wide.
Whether sub-scap is recoverable depends on whether the tendon is damaged, but usually yes it is recoverable. Hope this helps.
GregoryDea 1 year ago
G'day mrfunkie123, thanks for the feedback.
With respect to your questions - the immediate assessment of the anterior shoulder muscles can be done by a sports physiotherapist.
You should continue to train close-grip until the prob is better enough for you to go back to wide.
Whether sub-scap is recoverable depends on whether the tendon is damaged, but usually yes it is recoverable. Hope this help.s
GregoryDea 1 year ago
G'day mate, top advice and very well presented too.
I think I've done what you describe to both my shoulders, I get general soreness/tenderness to those small muscles on the very front of shoulders, which seemed to be most aggravated by incline dumbbell bench.
My questions are:
1. Who's the best medical professional to consult about this?
2. How long should I train close grip, as per your advice, until I can go back to normal grip?
3. Is the sub scapularis injury recoverable?
mrfunkie123 1 year ago
I was doing bench press when i hurt my pec/shoulder. I started out with 135.. did that 25 times.. got up stretched.. waited about 2 minutes.. threw 225 was planning on 12 reps.. well i came down maybe too fast and when i went to push up my pec (where the z is on your shirt) made a crackling feeling.. like an empty water bottle.. i racked it.. havent done bench.. it was sore for a day.. how long should i wait to use it? what can i do to speed up healing? Thanks
zekejames 1 year ago
@zekejames Man - so sorry to be so late getting back to you - I was away for ages and had trouble with my youtube login. You wait as long as it takes for there to be no pain performing a basic bench press movement with light load, then progress from there. There isn't much you can do to speed up healing, but you can definitely delay healing by doing things wrong - using heat too early (causes swelling), not using ice and a compression pad - allows swelling then excess scar tissue, too earlyload
GregoryDea 1 year ago
I have sent you a mail - would appreciate any thoughts!
ZenonOne 1 year ago
@ZenonOne Sorry ZenonOne. I didn't get a mail from you.
GregoryDea 1 year ago
The side of my shoulder facing out seems stiff. Can you tell me how to stretch it out? Also I think I have a pulled muscle below my shoulder blade. How can I stretch the muscles out. Also I max out at 115lbs on bench press in gym and we're testing tomorrow and I warm up with 105 and couldn't get it up so dropped the weight to 100 and couldn't get it up. Any suggestions on what I can do.
BronsonW24 1 year ago
@BronsonW24 Sorry for delay - it's probably too late now. A stiffness on the side of the shoulder is probably a trigger point in the middle deltoid. Can't stretch it really - best bet is hand behind back stretch. Best to get it dry needled, or cold spray and stretch. A warm up with 105 is too close to your max. Plus, if you're maxing, you're going to use heaps of creatine, which takes up to 5 minutes to replenish, so wait 5 mins between max efforts.
GregoryDea 1 year ago
what he has just described here is exactly what happened to me last week. The anterior part of my shoulder became sore during a bench press and it became sore. Today has been a week since the event occurred and when I tried to do a bench press, it was so sore that I had to stop after the first set. I watched this video tonight and tried some pushups with narrowing my grip and there was no pain. I think I will still wait two weeks to let it heal and try again. Thanks dude
JAFFERSH 1 year ago
my shoulder always pops out and you can hear the grinding! it does it most when i do upper chest so i cant go to heavy,how can i sort this?
sfox03 1 year ago
Pops out? You mean dislocation?
r44cker 1 year ago
@sfox03 If it's popping out, it will keep popping out. You can have the joint stabilised through surgery, that's the only way. Strapping and bracing don't prevent it from dislocating, or even partially dislocating. The grinding is not always a problem, but it might mean something is torn, floating inside, or at the very least, that the joint is not sliding and gliding and rotating as it should. Get it checked out by a good sports physiotherapist or physical therapist and an orthopedic surgeon.
gpdea 1 year ago
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noemitb 2 years ago
i have a pain in my left shoulder it causes pain in my bicep aswell, i do not want to stop weights becos ov this what can i do, also can i get a steroid injection to fix this??
noemitb 2 years ago
@noemitb There's a couple of tendons that refer or send pain down to the bicep, they are the Supraspinatus tendon, the Long Head of Biceps Tendon, and possibly even the sub-acromial bursa. There's a few things that can be done - first of all, get a proper diagnosis by having it looked at. A steroid definitely might help. You might get some really good relief as well from soft tissue therapy or dry needling to the area. A good manual therapist or acupuncturist could be a good move for you.
gpdea 1 year ago
the dude on the video is not the one I hear
Dosalt 2 years ago
@Dosalt There's a slight delay between the vision and the sound, that's all. It's me though.
gpdea 1 year ago
When I shoulder press I have this very very weird feeling in my left shoulder. I can't explain it but it feels like something inside is slowly seperating.
No real pain but I def. feel something being pulled.
Sclippers14 2 years ago
maybe your joint is slightly sliding out
fatsoblitz 2 years ago
What does a tearing of the shoulder mean during shoulder presses?
Sclippers14 2 years ago
To tear something means to rip it, like tearing or ripping a piece of paper. Muscles tear partially or fully when the load applied to it is greater than the strength of the muscle.
gpdea 2 years ago
i do suffer from pain at the front of my shoulder whilst doing any pressing, especially any fly movement, ironically i dont really feel much pain from side lat raises or front raises, sadly i have to revamp my training programme around my injury, in which im planning to lighten the load substantially and go for more reps, around the 20 to 30 rep as opposed to the 6- 8 rep range, i want to continure training my chest, will light loads and more reps hinder me further?
Thanks
viavenator 2 years ago
Hi there. I think if you're getting pain with fly's, this indicates a problem with the structures in front of the shoulder not tolerating the load you're putting on it. As well, it might indicate some friction or compression on a structure. Theoretically less load would be beneficial, but on another note, doing more movements that are frictioning or compressing might make it worse. Best bet is to try it and see what happens over the next couple of days.
gpdea 2 years ago
I really appreciate the reply, I will ease up and avoid excersises that aggravate my injury further, I will also monitor its (hopfully) recovery, if there is little or no progress I will go and get it looked at.
Thanks again
viavenator 2 years ago
Thank you, for this video.
SpoGGSpo 2 years ago
thanks 4 the great video. i dislocated my shoulder in the gym about 6 months ago (being an idiot) and after an mri scan showed no damage i had 3 months of phsyio and it seems to have come right. im now wanting to get back in the gym but im worried its going 2 happen when im bench pressing. do u think this is likely 2 happen and would it b benificial 4 me 2 use the narrower grip? i guess im just goin 2 hav 2 start with light weights and see how i go. your input would b much appriciated. cheers
elliottheslayer 2 years ago
Absolutely beneficial to you to hold the bar closer and yes with light weights. You should check out the Arm Bar exercise with kettlebells, used by corrective exercise specialists developed by Gray Cook, of Functional Movement Screen fame. I havent done a net search for any video or description, but its the type of exercise that should be done to improve proprioception of a shoulder that is going to take weight. IF you cant find it, let me know, I can direct you to a DVD
Good luck
Greg
gpdea 2 years ago
you gotta put weight on the bar before u get injured stickboy...
FOUGEDDABOUDIT4509 2 years ago
You're right, but whats the point putting a negative comment on here?
gpdea 2 years ago
Great job. Thanks for taking the time. I think I've developed this problem. I've tried the narrow grip recently but my mistake was going to the dumbells after for auxiliary work, so I'll stay away from that from now on because that's where the wider angle might have been hurting, not the bench. Thanks again.
melmoth927 2 years ago
I just had a bench press injury a few hours ago. I think I might have tore something because I felt a tearing feeling. It hurt at first but not really now.
DaBEARS4real 2 years ago
so long story short...use a closer grip when bench pressing!?
ShannonVenasse 3 years ago
What about the a/c joint I ruptured mine bench pressing! Still scar tissue there but I can bench my bodyweight 8 times so it has recovered somewhat!
yobolion 3 years ago
Hi. My gut feeling is that we all risk permanent damage. But let me temper that by saying that as we use our joints, they become worn. Slowly, over time. But worse worn when the joints don't glide, slide and roll as they should. This means balanced muscular activity. Weight training is about powerful pushes, and should be done when you glide, slide and roll properly without weight. I reckon have a chat with an experienced advanced shoulder physio, and if all is well, start with close grip!
gregdea1 3 years ago
Many thanks. I have shoulder pain in the front of my shoulder from weight and circuit training. I've had physio and an MRI scan. The consultant said I didn't require surgery, but should see a physio again to modify my training. I thought this would mean no weights on my chest and shoulders again (I've had recent pain when doing just 10 press ups). I will try press ups and bench with a closer grip to see if this still hurts. Do I run the risk of permanent damage if I continue?
schpleurton 3 years ago