Inflamed Shoulder

[Cigar_Man]

Originally Posted by Supplements.net

check this link. I had lots of shoulder pain before I started DC.

Inflamed Shoulder

You linked back to the start of this same thread.

[Supplements.net]

Originally Posted by Cigar_Man

You linked back to the start of this same thread.

haha oops. try that one.

How to cure shoulder problems (Trust me this will do it 90% of the time) - IntenseMuscle.com

[xOcular Penetratahx]

Have read this entire post, so I may be redundant, but you are overworking your shoulders, and you could greatly benefit from Rotor cuff and scapular exercises.

What I posted in another thread

Originally Posted by xjsynx

Eric Cressey has a series called Shoulder Savers

T-Nation.com | Shoulder Savers: Part I
T-Nation.com | Shoulder Savers: Part II
T-Nation.com | Shoulder Savers: Part III

Then can also preform lifts like Cuban Press DB & cable rotations, and the Voyer Shrug...

Also, to tell where you are weak you can stand up to a wall and with your arm bent at 90 degrees, you should be able to place your wrist flat against the wall. If you can't get the outside (top) you have tight externals and need to preform external rotations, and if the inside of your wrist doesn't lay flat then that would be an internal issue where you need to focus on some internal rotations.

Hope that helps.

[Cigar_Man]

Originally Posted by Supplements.net

haha oops. try that one.

How to cure shoulder problems (Trust me this will do it 90% of the time) - IntenseMuscle.com

Thanks for the link.

DC training was the first thing that I tried when I came back to using heavy weights. I also started doing this exercise, which some call "shoulder dislocations", several months back. This helped to a point but this exercise puts a lot of stress on the front area of the shoulder where my injury is, so I fall into that small 10% group.

I found a vid on youtube by dieselcrew that showed a "two min warmup" and started using it before each workout (tried to link it but it kept adding the vid to my post, it should be the top item from the link below). I found this initially on my iPhone and the other night I searched the site using my laptop and found a lot of shoulder specific exercises there.

[Cigar_Man]

Originally Posted by xjsynx

Have read this entire post, so I may be redundant, but you are overworking your shoulders, and you could greatly benefit from Rotor cuff and scapular exercises.

What I posted in another thread

Thanks for reposting the links.

I'm sure I am not overworking my shoulders. I started using the "StrongLifts 5x5" several months ago after taking a week off from all workouts/exercises. With StrongLifts, I do one direct shoulder exercise (standing military press), three time over 14 days.

This is an old shoulder injury from training in the service 23 years back. About 18 months ago I started using powerbands to strengthen my shoulders before using weights again. This helped a lot as before I could lay back (like in kicking back in the sun) and with my arms over my head, my left arm would go numb in about 20 seconds with total muscle failure after 30. My right arm was the same way but it took twice as long to fail. This limited my should and bench work back then. I compensated by doing mostly dips, pushups, and upright rows instead of bench press and military presses. Now, I can hold my hands over my head for a long time before I start to get the feeling of my arm going to sleep. I have not experienced the muscle failure again as I did before.

The first of your posted links that I followed led me to why my bench caused my shoulder pain. In the "Shoulder Saver #3" I was doing everything correct except that my scapulae was retracted, but I did not have it depressed down toward my feet. This left my shoulders taking the brunt of the weight instead of my chest.

I will read through the rest and hopefully one I recover from this injury, it will not flare up again from my bad technique.

BTW, I went back over some of the videos at StrongLifts and I know exactly why my shoulder started to hurt again with the overhead presses. Sadly....again...it..was..technique.

Time to reevaluate all of my lifts for proper technique.

[Dylan]

nice i just got over a shoulder injury so this helps alot

[outside backer]

Originally Posted by Supplements.net

haha oops. try that one.

How to cure shoulder problems (Trust me this will do it 90% of the time) - IntenseMuscle.com

im not even gonna click the link im sure its with the towel behind the head rotator that exercise has been a life saver


get your self some osteosport i did the same thing jacked my shoulder up due to military press this with fish oil is winner