Common Shoulder Injuries with Bench Press training

Here I present how to continue training on the bench press if you or your client/athlete has a shoulder problem. I'm a Physiotherapist with my Masters Degree in Sports Physiotherapy, and have trained as a high level sprinter and footballer for many years, as well as treating thousands of athletes over the years. This blog is at the request of my good friend and fellow sprinter Grant Bilson, of www.fitnessrevival.com.au

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[sfox03]

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?

[gpdea]

@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.

[noemitb]

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??

[gpdea]

@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.

[Dosalt]

the dude on the video is not the one I hear

[gpdea]

@Dosalt There's a slight delay between the vision and the sound, that's all. It's me though.

[EsTeVeZ141]

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

[TskullBlues]

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.

[JoshTizza1]

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.

[Steven1l2]

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.

[LuckyPandaX]

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.

[Rafman2k11man]

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?

[knowalex81]

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?

[audevourahn]

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?

[habesha9779]

@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.

[y26op]

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?