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From: sjobs12 on 4 Aug 2008 18:53
About 6 to 9 months ago, I did a upper body workout and my left hand
might
have been used inappropriately. Anyway, since then, there is a pain in
my
left shoulder and it is not going away. Any workout I do with my left
hand
aggravates it. Even swimming causes problems. If I stop using the left
hand
for any workouts for a few days, the pain reduces but does not go
away. My
doctor gave me some medicines but they didn't work. He asked me to see
a
specialist. Someone suggested that I give up doing any exercises and
any lifting with my left hand for 6 months.

Has anybody experienced this?

From: Jason Carlton on 5 Aug 2008 02:41
On Aug 4, 6:53 pm, sjob...(a)yahoo.com wrote:
> About 6 to 9 months ago, I did a upper body workout and my left hand
> might
> have been used inappropriately. Anyway, since then, there is a pain in
> my
> left shoulder and it is not going away. Any workout I do with my left
> hand
> aggravates it. Even swimming causes problems. If I stop using the left
> hand
> for any workouts for a few days, the pain reduces but does not go
> away. My
> doctor gave me some medicines but they didn't work. He asked me to see
> a
> specialist. Someone suggested that I give up doing any exercises and
> any lifting with my left hand for 6 months.
>
> Has anybody experienced this?

Been there, and boy, do I feel for ya! Mine stemmed from a slightly
crooked bench, so when I was bench pressing the lift-off was putting a
little extra stress on my right shoulder. I had a small tear in the
tendon, and it hurt ALL the time!

After I found and corrected the faulty bench, the pain subsided, but
didn't go away completely. I didn't stop working out completely, but I
removed all shoulder and pec isolation exercises; meaning, I focused
completely on upper body compound exercises (bench, incline, pull ups,
bent over rows). I also used a slightly narrower grip on bench press,
which removed a little of the stress I was putting on that particular
tendon.

Everyone recommended that I stop exercising, too, but I just wasn't
going to do that. The recovery took longer than it should have, I'm
sure, but now I'm doing fine. It probably took closer to 8 months for
me to forget about my "bad shoulder."

Be forewarned, though, I remember a coach in high school that ignored
a torn tendon, and ended up ripping the tendon completely! That was
horrible to witness. So while I'm an idiot and worked through it,
anyway, I would never recommend that anyone else do it unless they're
seriously prepared for the worst.
From: geminijacksonis on 5 Aug 2008 13:10
On Aug 5, 2:41 am, Jason Carlton <jwcarl...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> On Aug 4, 6:53 pm, sjob...(a)yahoo.com wrote:
>
>
>
> > About 6 to 9 months ago, I did a upper body workout and my left hand
> > might
> > have been used inappropriately. Anyway, since then, there is a pain in
> > my
> > left shoulder and it is not going away. Any workout I do with my left
> > hand
> > aggravates it. Even swimming causes problems. If I stop using the left
> > hand
> > for any workouts for a few days, the pain reduces but does not go
> > away. My
> > doctor gave me some medicines but they didn't work. He asked me to see
> > a
> > specialist. Someone suggested that I give up doing any exercises and
> > any lifting with my left hand for 6 months.
>
> > Has anybody experienced this?
>
> Been there, and boy, do I feel for ya! Mine stemmed from a slightly
> crooked bench, so when I was bench pressing the lift-off was putting a
> little extra stress on my right shoulder. I had a small tear in the
> tendon, and it hurt ALL the time!
>
> After I found and corrected the faulty bench, the pain subsided, but
> didn't go away completely. I didn't stop working out completely, but I
> removed all shoulder and pec isolation exercises; meaning, I focused
> completely on upper body compound exercises (bench, incline, pull ups,
> bent over rows). I also used a slightly narrower grip on bench press,
> which removed a little of the stress I was putting on that particular
> tendon.
>
> Everyone recommended that I stop exercising, too, but I just wasn't
> going to do that. The recovery took longer than it should have, I'm
> sure, but now I'm doing fine. It probably took closer to 8 months for

It took me at least 2 years before I could bench again after trying to
'work through' mine. DON'T DO IT!


From: Steve Freides on 5 Aug 2008 14:23
<sjobs12(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:0a79a5d7-6218-4ea3-a614-bcc816c3b337(a)59g2000hsb.googlegroups.com...
> About 6 to 9 months ago, I did a upper body workout and my left hand
> might
> have been used inappropriately. Anyway, since then, there is a pain in
> my
> left shoulder and it is not going away. Any workout I do with my left
> hand
> aggravates it. Even swimming causes problems. If I stop using the left
> hand
> for any workouts for a few days, the pain reduces but does not go
> away. My
> doctor gave me some medicines but they didn't work. He asked me to see
> a
> specialist. Someone suggested that I give up doing any exercises and
> any lifting with my left hand for 6 months.
>
> Has anybody experienced this?

My suggestion in general: see how it feels with reduced activity. If it
gets better, you can gradually resume regular activity. If, OTOH, it
only gets a little better but doesn't completely recover, then it's
absolutely time to see the doctor.

You sound like you've been through the first phase, it hasn't gotten
better, so it's off to the doctor you go.

-S-
http://www.kbnj.com


From: sjobs12 on 6 Aug 2008 00:19
Thanks everyone. Yes, I plan to completely rest this shoulder and deal
with the problem till it heals completely.
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