rotator injury or just sore muscle?

DEADn · 07-07-2007, 04:29 PM

This week I changed my routine a little. Normally I have just been doing the BB bench incline and decline with no DBs. This week I did incline bench with incline DB. On the DB press I used 50lbs and did 3 straight sets to about failure resting a good minute between them. I went for the deepest stretch I could get out of it. Well, a few days later My shoulders are sore and it worried me it was my rotators. But on examination it is only the front part that hurts. It feels like it is the front socket but goes to the muscle down towards the pecs. When I brings my arms forward to cross them sometimes I have to go a little slow. Today it doesnt feel so bad.

Any opinions on this?

DEADn

btw, on my DBS I did 12,8,6 reps

**romanaz** · 07-08-2007, 10:11 PM

muscle soreness or something else?

if its muscle soreness, then thats nothing new. Your body isn't used to the exercise you just did, so it naturally will be sore.

**DarkFalcon** · 07-09-2007, 04:22 AM

Sounds like muscle soreness but you do need to be careful about over stretching on that movement. You can easily injure your RC or permanately degrade it over time by going deeper then parallel.

dnap · 07-10-2007, 03:49 AM

I agree with the overstretch, really shouldn't go below the chest, on incline should stop shorter, say maybe chin. Below that it changes the fulcrum of the lift to wear you get a tremondous ammount of impingment of the glenohumeral head under the acromion, which over time will lead to sig. rotator cuff degradation.

DEADn · 07-28-2007, 12:17 PM

This pain lasted about a several more days after I made this post but now it is gone. Looks like it was the muscle after all. Yep, it has been a while since I did any DB bench presses.

DEADn

**Ikaika** · 07-28-2007, 12:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dnap

I agree with the overstretch, really shouldn't go below the chest, on incline should stop shorter, say maybe chin. Below that it changes the fulcrum of the lift to wear you get a tremondous ammount of impingment of the glenohumeral head under the acromion, which over time will lead to sig. rotator cuff degradation.

Winner. Nice post.

07-07-2007, 04:29 PM	#1
DEADn New Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Central Florida Posts: 5 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 0	rotator injury or just sore muscle? This week I changed my routine a little. Normally I have just been doing the BB bench incline and decline with no DBs. This week I did incline bench with incline DB. On the DB press I used 50lbs and did 3 straight sets to about failure resting a good minute between them. I went for the deepest stretch I could get out of it. Well, a few days later My shoulders are sore and it worried me it was my rotators. But on examination it is only the front part that hurts. It feels like it is the front socket but goes to the muscle down towards the pecs. When I brings my arms forward to cross them sometimes I have to go a little slow. Today it doesnt feel so bad. Any opinions on this? DEADn btw, on my DBS I did 12,8,6 reps

07-09-2007, 04:22 AM	#3
DarkFalcon I've got a RAGING clue! Join Date: May 2005 Location: dnyc99's cleaning staff Posts: 12,526 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 309	Re: rotator injury or just sore muscle? Sounds like muscle soreness but you do need to be careful about over stretching on that movement. You can easily injure your RC or permanately degrade it over time by going deeper then parallel.

07-10-2007, 03:49 AM	#4
dnap IronMass Donator Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: MS Posts: 7 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 0	Re: rotator injury or just sore muscle? I agree with the overstretch, really shouldn't go below the chest, on incline should stop shorter, say maybe chin. Below that it changes the fulcrum of the lift to wear you get a tremondous ammount of impingment of the glenohumeral head under the acromion, which over time will lead to sig. rotator cuff degradation.

07-28-2007, 12:17 PM	#5
DEADn New Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Central Florida Posts: 5 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 0	Re: rotator injury or just sore muscle? This pain lasted about a several more days after I made this post but now it is gone. Looks like it was the muscle after all. Yep, it has been a while since I did any DB bench presses. DEADn

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