Where is the pain exactly? If the pain is in the front of your shoulder and you can aggravate the pain with pressure from your finger, it is likely bicepital tendonitis. The tendon for the long head of the bicep runs through a groove on the top of the humerus. This often becomes inflammed with certain movements (ie. bench press, etc). This actually happens to me a lot when I do heavy sets of bench. Then the pain continues with a variety of other movements. I take an NSAID before working out (until the pain resolves), and I had to change the movement so that I don't lower the bar all the way to the chest. Of course I don't get the full benefit of the movement, but the pain eventually resolves. Then when I start to feel better, I go back to the full movement (which usually leads to the pain again after a week if I'm doing heavy sets).
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