Posted: 4/13/2017 12:14:37 PM EDT
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This has to be one of the most annoying injuries, and its the first time it's ever happened to me. I've had the soreness and just mild pain for about 2 weeks now. I've isolated that it was caused when I was doing either military press or bent over rows...it didn't start hurting immediately. Probably started about 2 hours after my workout, but that workout I did add some more weight to both types of lifting.
It's been slow going. I have not lifted at all this entire time and it's kinda killing me because I know that on bench, if I don't lift at least once a week i will start losing muscle mass. Right now I'm at the point where it's definitely improved since the first couple of days, but I'm still not 100%. I can't even do my basic 35lb dumbbell curls without feeling strain on it. So I have tried just using my wife's 10lb dumbbells on occasion and I will stand holding the dumbbells down center near my waist and then extend my arms out to my sides, hold them there for 1-2 seconds, then repeat. Should I be doing light exercising like this while my rotator cuff still isn't 100%? I did toy with the idea of going to the doctor, but realistically what will they do? X-ray it, then give me some pain meds or anti-inflammatory stuff and tell me to maybe do specific exercises? Not really worth the money in my opinion if I can get good feedback from people. |
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I am just now coming back from the exact thing you are describing. It happened to me in early January. It all goes back to a couple bad moves in the gym, then constant pain in my left shoulder. I kept lifting hoping it would magically go away.
After several of my friends in the gym telling me to go get it checked out before it got worse, I finally broke down and went to a physical therapist a few times, got a list of exercises to do with resistance bands, and I am now about 90% back. The main things that helped me recover was not benching up until a couple weeks ago, not doing any shoulder work, and doing what the PT told me to do. This sucked, but this saved me from having to have surgery or something (like several of my friends in the gym have had. Rotator cuff, labral tear, etc). I took a big step back as far as shoulders and chest goes, but I did plenty of squats and running in the meant time, and now I am on my way back up with the upper body stuff. In hind sight I am glad I listened to the guys who have had the surgery, and now I have more goals to work towards in the gym.. |
| The doctor would tell you to move your arm around and tell him where it hurts. Then he would order an mri. The only way a tear can be diagnosed is an mri, and even then, it may not even show up. From what I understand, the choices if a bad tear exists are to not use it, or get surgery. Both options suck. You can get injections as well, which is what my wife has been doing. |
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The doctor would tell you to move your arm around and tell him where it hurts. Then he would order an mri. The only way a tear can be diagnosed is an mri, and even then, it may not even show up. From what I understand, the choices if a bad tear exists are to not use it, or get surgery. Both options suck. You can get injections as well, which is what my wife has been doing. |