I wouldn’t continue IMO. I’ve dealt with shoulder pain on multiple occasions and aside from rehab work giving it time to heal generally is the right thing to do… for me. Not certain of your situation.
I’m not implying that. This is not a debate of who knows more. You clearly have an education I don’t so… winner winner chicken dinner you get the gold star. I didn’t use AI originally nor do I use it often but I just wanted to make sure I wasn’t off base with impingement guess. But keep on trucking… flex those 7 years.
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Nobody can tell you what you can and can’t do because you have no diagnosis.
Go to a physio and/or get some imaging done to see what’s going on.
Or
Just keep doing what your doing and live with the pain and possible further damage.
You have a physio that came on here, how about responding to him so he didn’t waste his time.
You ask but you don’t seem willing to listen/respond unless it’s the answer you want to hear. Don’t waste peoples time.
Nothing burns my biscuits more than an answer shopper.
He simply said to go to a physio to get a diagnosis. Anyway, I’ve seen hundreds of people with even a diagnosis suffering the pain forever, half my family without going further. Sometimes doing a diagnosis is not something trivial, and testing multiple things are the way to get out of there.
Try reverse gripping your barbell bench and see how that feels
I will also try this later.
Agreed. Have you taken any time off at all? I know it’s mentally painful to do so and yes abstaining from pressing for a month will make you feel weaker but in reality you’ll be back to where you were two weeks after restarting vs dealing with nagging shoulder pain for months to years.
Yeah, I’ve been 3 weeks already. And the pain has decreased. Now I’m looking for chest exercises that don’t involve pressing. Or involve weak shoulder tension to avoid activating too much the shoulder. I also know that leaving the thing too much without activity is also equally wrong.
I’ve read that static exercises are perfect to strengthening tendons, they are not the best body building techniques, but they serve the purpose. I’ve now looking on how to build the reverse press with the bands that has been already recommended above.
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As did I. Several people told him to let it heal and stop training.
It’d probably help to rename the forum section, “Injuries, (please see a doctor)”
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If you haven’t already, buy a Slingshot. It’s a great tool to have for overload or to work around little pains and aches. Ive found it super useful.
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Who exactly have you seen?
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When you lay down to bench press or do lying tricep extensions, are you getting a big, big arch? Are the ribs in your back lifting up off the bench? Are you losing tension in your abs?
And what’s different when you do pushups? Do you keep your back flatter and your abs tighter? Like you’re “stacked” with your ribs over your pelvis better?
Some smart guys say that excessive back arch changes the position of your ribs, and makes your shoulder blades unstable, causing shoulder issues.
They recommend bench pressing with a flatter back, less arching, keeping your back ribs in contact with the bench, and keeping your abs tighter. They say this will provide a better base for your shoulder blades to move properly, and prevent shoulder pain.
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Check out this quick video comparing the arched back, “flared” rib position vs the flat back, “stacked” rib position (with the feet up).
If it seems relevant, try a LIGHT set of DB bench, with a flat back and feet up, and see if your shoulder feels any better.
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