Hello everyone. This morning, I was doing some clean-grip deadlifts from a 2" deficit. I did a few warm up sets of 3 at 70 kg and felt fine, so then I went up to 100 kg. On my first rep, I felt a very sharp pain in my left upper trap; it almost felt like I was being stabbed. I completed two more reps and the pain was still there. I probably should have stopped at that point, but I put 115 kg on the bar and tried another triple, with the same pain present.
Against better judgment, I went up to 125 kg and did one rep before the pain was so excruciating that I couldn’t continue. I’m completely baffled as to what could cause this, especially since a 100 kg deadlift is around 50% of my 1 RM. I don’t feel any discomfort now, and the pain went away instantly after I stopped deadlifting.
I don’t see any discoloration at the site of the pain either and I have no shoulder discomfort or neck pain associated with this, it is just localized to one spot on my left trap, plus when I press on the area with my hand, I don’t feel any of the pain. Any input would be greatly appreciated, thanks.
If it is pain like a “stinger” it has been my experience that the nerves are not playing nice. I get what I call stingers in my traps and front delt every once in a while and it has always been a nerve issue. Message, ART, ice, etc have been the fix for me.
I’ll bet dollars to doughnuts your head posture sucks
[quote]Mateus wrote:
If it is pain like a “stinger” it has been my experience that the nerves are not playing nice. I get what I call stingers in my traps and front delt every once in a while and it has always been a nerve issue. Message, ART, ice, etc have been the fix for me.[/quote]
Thanks for the response. I was able to get through a trap-heavy workout today without any issue. I stretched it out and foam rolled it yesterday and that seemed to take care of the issue. Still kinda freaky since I’d never experienced anything like that before.
I’ve been posting basically the same thing all over this board this morning. Lots of left shoulder stuff it seems.
The left it band and rectus are often much more fired up than the right on virtually everyone. The left hip is usually more dysfunctional than the right, though it is stronger. The right hip or glute, is often weaker but better functioning. When you deadlift your body splits up the stresses and if the hips aren’t sorted out thoracic extension cannot take place as well on one side or the other placing strain on the upper trap and shoulder in odd ways. Lower trap function is something that gets shut off in dysfunctional people.
[quote]Mateus wrote:
If it is pain like a “stinger” it has been my experience that the nerves are not playing nice. I get what I call stingers in my traps and front delt every once in a while and it has always been a nerve issue. Message, ART, ice, etc have been the fix for me.[/quote]
I’ve had these stingers generally in upper pec when I up the weight on incline bench press. Makes you ponder life for a moment then when it doesn’t come back you forget about them.
God’s way of reminding us… you aren’t gonna be here forever. heh