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NewSkin
Tue, March 7th, 2006, 07:01 PM
Thank you in advance to anyone who actually reads this convuluted post. My actual question is closer to the bottom.

There are a few extremely common pieces of advice out there about shoulder injuries such as:

-Do rotator cuff work and balance push/pull
-Behind the neck presses/pull downs are bad
-upright rows are bad
-overhead presses may be bad for some people (a physical therapist told me not to do these, although I rarely did OH presses to begin with)

As somebody who has balanced push/pull from the beginning and avoided the afformentioned exercises, I am trying to pin point why I am still having shoulder pain. This pain is not from a rotator cuff injury.
Here are some thoughts:

-John mentioned in his intro today that dumbells can lead to over extension. In the month leading up to the pain I started doing heavy lower rep dumbell presses.

-I also read somewhere here that dips can be hard on the shoulder, which I also used to do.

Basically, I'm looking for advice from others who seem to have unusually sensitive shoulders, which goes beyond the standard rotator cuff information which can be found in about a thousand different body building articles across the web.

chang
Tue, March 7th, 2006, 07:33 PM
Read this article.

http://www.t-nation.com/readTopic.do?id=818555

NEdge
Tue, March 7th, 2006, 08:56 PM
Personally I don't think this is a cure-all, but is worth doing regularly:

http://www.intensemuscle.com/showthread.php?t=6997

I also read a really good thread/writup on bb.com, but can't find it now. If I can find the hardcopy I might get the thread and I'll post it.

Got it. Some of the 'usual' stuff, but worth a read IMO:

http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=529968&highlight=shoulder+cuban+rotation

You might consider going to a physiotherapist. Good ones should be able to help you with exercises specifically to strengthen your shoulders. It might be worth paying for if you don't have health insurance.

Blob
Wed, March 8th, 2006, 12:31 PM
Good Stuff! Thanks!

My Dr. just gave me a shot of cortisone and told me to rest another week. I am lucky, my RC is just strained.

Problem is, he advises against military presses in general, and I've seen people say upright rows are not good (two of my favorite exercises!) Whats left for shoulder development besides front and lat raises? Or should I do one of these RC recovery programs and then ease back into doing Militarys and Upright Rows? The Dr. said after this week I could do my normal routine, minus any overhead movements