this is my first post here, this place is the shit . anyway, basically for the last year or so I have been working out off and on not because Im lazy but because I cannot stop injuring myself, and feeling pain that shouldnât be there. even though every time I start back I keep lowering the weight and intensity from last time, it doesnât stop, and Iâm 20. I will be alright for a couple weeks or a month, though everything feels stiffer every day im on the routine, which was and is âsupersquatsâ by the way.
it started with my shoulders, then my knees, then wrists, and I thought my elbows were alright but last time I stopped because I couldnt do it anymore (a week ago) they felt funny tooâŠAnd I put great effort into learning proper form, so I donât really think thats it.
Whats odd is 3 years ago, I worked out for a good 4-5 months, force feeding myself and doing just pushups, bent-over rows and curlsâŠand I absolutely murdered myself going to failure, every set and I never injured myself or felt joint/tendon painsâŠI cannot do pushups now without hurting my shoulders.
So my question is. since my chances of having rheumatoid arthritis or something like that are pretty slim, what could it possibly be?
Could it possibly be a posture problem, could these pains be be caused by my back being out of whack (which doesnât itself hurt), causing the limbs to be also, or something.
Iâm coming to you guys first before I go shell out $20 a pop to see the chiro, which will turn into a 2-3 times weekly thing I imagine.
Any pointers or anything are mucho appreciated,
cuz no workouts and forcefeeding makes jack a dull boy.
lower your intensity. same thing used to happen to me because i used to do like all of my sets under 8 reps each one to failure. know that you dont have to go to failure, and you dont have to do such high intensity for EVERY rep. try going for higher reps, it helped me. goodluck
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lower your intensity. same thing used to happen to me because i used to do like all of my sets under 8 reps each one to failure. know that you dont have to go to failure, and you dont have to do such high intensity for EVERY rep. try going for higher reps, it helped me.
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hey guys thanks for the replies.
at first when I started the routine (supersquats: 3day a week,full body, average 8-15 rep/set) I was going a little nuts and there was reason for the shoulder injuries, because I wasnât ready for the intensity yet. but every time I would injure myself and quite the routine for a month or so I would start up again, lower intensity, and still get injured. and when I say lower intensity I mean there was virtually none at all, I can hurt joints/tendons when I could still pop off ten more reps/set. COMPLETE LACK OF INTENSITY, I cant overstate that. and I still hurt meself.
the whole time binging on seriously clean foods, no shit. steelcut oats, gallon of milk a day, veggies, fruit, chicken, steak etcâŠI am much more knowledgeable on the nutrition part.
ever increasing warmups also. it just doesnât make sense.
I dont think I can have arthritis, chronic joint inflammation. All I can think of it possibly being is a posture problem, because I dont think mine is good, sitting at this computer doesnt make it better.
but is it possible your back could cause other joints to injure, get inflammed easy???
Speaking as a computer jockey, you can get shoulder, wrist and back problems without even lifting if you are on the computer all the time.
Basically, reaching for a mouse or keyboard can round your shoulders and pull your arm âupâ from a natural position and cause problems over time.
Adding workouts on top of that is probably going to bring it out. Do some serious ergonomic analysis with respect to your computer time.
I actually switched my mousework to my left hand to alleviate some problems with my right shoulder. If you do fix things up, realize it can be daily long term stress, and take months without aggravation to get things back the way they should be.
Look up some articles on prehab and rehab and try those lifts without the ones that are causing trouble for a while.
Make sure you are getting your omega-3âs, such as Flameout, as long term aggravation is probably inflammatory in and of itself.
Heck, I could be way off, but getting your ergonomics in order certainly wonât hurt anything.
Check out Eric Cresseyâs âCaveman no moreâ (if I remember the title correctly) series. He deals with common postural imbalances in weightlifters and the causes of them. He also gives a fine rehab program to nudge things back toward an ideal state.
I canât remember if he touched on it in the series, but those imbalances (which may also come from everyday posture issues, injuries, working at a desk, etc) can have a wide range of symptoms through the body.
Something as simple as being flat-footed can impact your knees, hips, back health, shoulders, and neck.
Are you using a lot of machines in your workouts or are you doing mostly free weights? Leg extenions really cause trouble to my knees, while squats cause no pain at all.
I would definetly search through Eric Cresseyâs archives and see if any of his prehab / rehab work will help. If the pain is real bad and it feels like you are doing damage to your joints, go see a doctor.
. anyway, basically for the last year or so I have been working out off and on not because Im lazy but because I cannot stop injuring myself, and feeling pain that shouldnât be there. even though every time I start back I keep lowering the weight and intensity from last time, it doesnât stop, and Iâm 20. I will be alright for a couple weeks or a month, though everything feels stiffer every day im on the routine, which was and is âsupersquatsâ by the way.