Shoulder Injury From April

[aleather]

To get in shape for Summer, started hitting weights hard in sometime in March / April. During this time I "tweaked" shoulder. This has happened in past, and it would go away with 1-2 weeks off the weights (pinched nerve or something??). This time it still lingers now into late september. It has greatly affect stregth . I went and saw doctor in August, he though anti-inflamatories would do it, I took them for 1 week with nothing so stopped taking them because I felt no progress.

Is one week enough to see progress with anti-inflamtories, or are you guessing something more serious is going on?

I am not debilitated, but pain greatly impacts my abilit to do DB bench press, and overhead presses (all other exercises are minimally impacted)

[Bill Hartman]

If it's been bothering you this long, it would be best to see an orthopedic doc for an assessment. Until then no presses and no overhead work.

Bill

[aleather]

Thanks for response ... I was hoping you would chime in. Seems like you are an expert in the field.

[Bill Hartman]

It seems that way...don't believe everything you read.

Bill

[Jean-Paul]

Don't listen to Bill... Just push through the pain. Do extra heavy overhead work and you will "pop" it back in place. I read that on the internet somewhere so it must be true.

[Bill Hartman]

Spoken like the victim of multiple shoulder surgeries.

Bill