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For those who remember, I have spinal stenosis in the C4-C5 area. I haven't done much lifting in over a year, primarily due to the discomfort in my neck and shoulder area. I've been to a number of doctors, but haven't found anyone who has been able to help me with the pain. In fact, no one has even referred me to a PT to help me get therapy or corrective exercises. I've been trying to implement some exercises from Robertson and Verstegen to improve my posture and make the scapular area stronger--I have the hunched over syndrome. It seems to help my back, but doesn't do much for the neck.


I tried to bench press and do dips today and both caused pain in the shoulder socket area. Since I haven't done this exercises for at least 6 months, I wouldn't think it is a muscle imbalance-it seems to be right in the joint. Could this be connected to the problems in the neck? What else can I do?