Shoulder pain

[Michael Ray]

Originally Posted by UConnJulie

Stand as tall as you can.
Rotate your palms out as far as you can (with your arms relaxed down along your sides).
Hold that shoulderblade position, and let your arms relax.

External devices are worth crap IMO.
You can try tape (athletic) as a reminder cue to correct your posture.
Get into the posture you want to reinforce.
Have someone run athletic tape along both sides of your spine tailbone to tops of shoulders.
Clothes on top.
You'll be aware of it when you slouch.

When I was rehabbing my shoulder, the nice lady that hurt me twice weekly told me to shrug my shoulders up, rotate my arms outward with my elbows bent at 90 degrees and then drop my shoulders. Seemed to put them right where they belonged.

[Jean-Paul]

Just adding my two pesos...

I saw that you were resuming overhead pressing in your workout. I urge you to postpone doing that exercise along with any heavy bench exercises until you have corrected your faulty posture. You aren't bio-mechanically qualified for it. I wouldn't even wait for an injury to tell you this. It was inevitable, and until you get your scaps sitting in the right spot, it will just keep happening. You used some good treatments to get out of immediate pain, but don't keep feeding the problem.

[Bud Ferrante]

Hey JP,
I read the post by the guy with the shoulder pain from bench pressing. One of the problems with that much weight and technique is that it puts a lot of stress on the glenoid labrum, the cartilage ring that the joint capsule and teres minor attaches close to the capsule posteriorly. If he still has pain after cutting back 60%, that might be a sign of the labrum being torn or strained. Lighten up a lot and stay away from painful movement and weights.

Bud Ferrante

[Jean-Paul]

BUUUUUUUUD! Awesome! So glad you joined the forum and the discussion.

Listen closely to Bud's advice... He's the best in the business.