I would if benching set it back. It doesn’t. It hurts like hell to bench, then when I finish the set it goes back to normal.
So I’m extremely hesitant to not bench when I don’t see it getting better in the week between bench days and then getting worse the day after I bench.
Surely it’s distracting. Any little bit it takes away from ur bench would make it worth addressing no? I’m not big or stronk enough or old enough in this game to really know if pain is just something to be lived with but is worth a shot
Like I said, if this was something that got worse as a result of benching I’d be resting my bench.
It doesn’t, though. It hurts to bench, but not after. Before or after is the same, discomfort.
Sure it’s distracting, but that’s just some more bullshit to deal with. Eventually I’ll find out what the fuck this is and fix it.
Squat grip irritate it?
A super tight neck gave me unexplainable pain in my bicep and front of my shoulder pain.
I think Botslayer mentioned something similar a few weeks back.
A little bit of “The McKenzie Neck Exercise” fixed me right up. You just pack and unpack your neck, sliding your chin back and forth “like opening and closing a drawer.” After a few reps of that get into the packed neck/double chin position and tilt your head back. Return to the start and do a few reps like that.
I feel it way up at the top of my neck, right at the base of my skull. I couldn’t believe how tight that area was without “feeling” it anywhere but my arm.
Nope, no issues with that
Now here’s a thing, my upper traps/neck have been feeling off here and there. I’m going to try your fix. Thanks!
Damn it man!!! SAVE THE POSTS!!! LOL 
Realllly late to the party but here we are for round 2!!!
For me it was Low Bar causing what sounds like a very similar thing. Once I hit around 90% on Squats it was like a switch was flipped and the pain was there on Bench. Each heavy Squat session made it worse.
I am curious to see what the physio says. We sound similar but who knows.
If anything squats feel good on that area, like it’s getting stretched. It’s weird.
Woke at 250.2 lbs, looking similar to yesterday.
I’ve done the McKenzie a bit, feels decent but no magic breakthrough yet. I’ll keep plugging away.
This was the same for me. I actually remember the set/rep that started one time. First Squat at ~600 I could feel the bar bend and stretch everything out. Didn’t hurt, but I noticed it.
I didn’t figure this out until several go arounds switching back and forth from High Bar and Low Bar and lots of hindsight like remembering that rep.
Once again this is all just my best guess and it will be really interesting to hear what your Physio says.
With me it’s more like a therapeutic stretch. I wear the Bowtie just in case, but it isn’t uncomfortable at all
Was meant to squat today but decided to can it. My main excuse is that I’m not entirely convinced my SI joint (?) would hold up well yet. It’s almost fine, but not fine enough that I want to put 450 pounds on it for an AFSAP.
I’m looking forward to when gyms go back so I can simply switch days around instead of having only two days to train.
When will gyms reopen down under?
I think with restrictions in the next couple of days (20 people max, supervised), then on June 22nd back to normal
20 people seems random (opposed to having a limit in relation to the gym size)
Laughs in small private gym.
I think it’s based on maximum 20, but less if there isn’t sufficient space to maintain correct distance.