j2thestring
04-30-10, 4:17 am
whats good fellas,
How I got hurt:
About 10 months ago I was finishing up a chest routine with some incline presses on the smith machine. The bench I worked off of was at a fixed angle where pressing made me use way too much of my shoulders and not enough chest. At the top of the last rep, I ended up getting a sharp pain in both rotator cuffs and in the armpit area on either side. it was enough to make me end my workout early. That same night I checked in the mirror and there was no swelling or anything but it still hurt pretty bad. And from that day I was not able to bench without pain and temporarily gave up on working chest altogether.
The recovery:
I finally went to see a sports doc and was diagnosed with an intermediate strain in my rotator cuffs. From there I was given two choices and decided it was best to get some physical therapy done. It was that or stick a needle in my arm to inject dye for an MRI and I wasn't going to do that shit. I've been adhering to my routine with an elastic band and a series of movements for about a month and a half now. I also discontinued all upper body workouts and decided to take a long needed break. It's been a 45 days since I had a true workout and I'm going to give it another 3 weeks till I go back.
My question:
I was wondering if any of you elite lifters have ever dealt with shoulder pain for a long period of time. And if so, how long did it take to heal? and what you did to correct it? I'm worried I am never going to heal up right or be able to bench again.
Please offer me some advice guys,
Joey
How I got hurt:
About 10 months ago I was finishing up a chest routine with some incline presses on the smith machine. The bench I worked off of was at a fixed angle where pressing made me use way too much of my shoulders and not enough chest. At the top of the last rep, I ended up getting a sharp pain in both rotator cuffs and in the armpit area on either side. it was enough to make me end my workout early. That same night I checked in the mirror and there was no swelling or anything but it still hurt pretty bad. And from that day I was not able to bench without pain and temporarily gave up on working chest altogether.
The recovery:
I finally went to see a sports doc and was diagnosed with an intermediate strain in my rotator cuffs. From there I was given two choices and decided it was best to get some physical therapy done. It was that or stick a needle in my arm to inject dye for an MRI and I wasn't going to do that shit. I've been adhering to my routine with an elastic band and a series of movements for about a month and a half now. I also discontinued all upper body workouts and decided to take a long needed break. It's been a 45 days since I had a true workout and I'm going to give it another 3 weeks till I go back.
My question:
I was wondering if any of you elite lifters have ever dealt with shoulder pain for a long period of time. And if so, how long did it take to heal? and what you did to correct it? I'm worried I am never going to heal up right or be able to bench again.
Please offer me some advice guys,
Joey