Shoulder pain getting real bad

[Xpliot]

So been having real bad shoulder pain when doing shoulders. Mostly presses. My left arm hurts super bad to where I can’t even do them any more

 

[Bigmurph6]

Switch to dumbbells instead of a barbell or are you using dumbbells?

 

[Xpliot]

Yeah I’m using dumbbells

 

[Bigmurph6]

Which pressing exercises are causing the pain?
Do you get the pain during bench press also?

 

[Xpliot]

Sitting dumbbell press

 

[Bigmurph6]

Overhead?

 

[Xpliot]

It goes down the shoulder on both sides but my left has gotten worse. Thinking I might tell the doctor when I go see her for my anxiety later

 

[Xpliot]

Yeah over head sorry lol

 

[Bigmurph6]

No problem brother I would go to your possibly using to much weight and need to lower the weight and work on form.
Definitely let your doctor know

 

[Xpliot]

Yeah I def will and I kind think I was pushing the weight to much I got up to 85s for 3 sets of 10

 

[Bigmurph6]

Its a hard exercise to keep good form with heavy weight and @Kad1 will know better than me but there’s a tendon in your shoulder that gets hit hard

 

[JB_rD81]

I would definitely see a doctor, more often than not, shoulder pain is caused by issues with the biceps tendon. Doctor should be able to tell you if it’s biceps tendon or actual shoulder, and you can go
From there on how to fix

 

[Xpliot]

Yeah I do have bad tennis elbow in my left arm

 

[herrubermensch]

Could also be your supraspinatus, which you REALLY do not want to fuck with, as it is the single most important rotator cuff tendon in your shoulder. I find the supraspinatus bears quite a bit of the load with overhead presses. That is why I cannot do OH DB presses; my left supraspinatus is torn irreparably, so I cannot stabilize the DB. Only barbells work for me for OH presses as a result.

 

[Kad1]

There are so many things it could be. Until you can get seen by Ortho go on YouTube and search rotator cuff tests. You’ll be able to do some yourself then we can get a better idea of what’s going on instead of just throwing out a bunch of guesses.
Is pressing the only movement that hurts?

 

[Xpliot]

Yeah it goes down my left arm

 

[Kad1]

Could be a tendon. Does heavier weights make it worse

 

[Dmomuchole]

I can’t even do shoulder workouts because of this. If I do it’s minimal weight and reps. Otherwise I won’t even be able to lift my arms above my head. For me its auto immune related. My shoulder is throbbing just from driving for 8hrs and today is my gym day,guess we’ll be doing legs lol idk if you have tried incorporating NPP/DECA but its been known to help.

 

[Bigmurph6]

auto immune related

This even effects your tendons? This is one of the possibilities on the list for me and my issues

 

[NeuroRN]

you have tried incorporating NPP/DECA but its been known to help.

I don’t think it should ever be endorsed to use AAS to assist with an injury. Deca/npp will only mask an injury and not heal it… leading to worse injury.

Go to the doc. Get some scans done. Go down in weight. Focus on form. Focus on mobility.