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Shoulder question

  • 20-09-2009 1:16pm
    #1
    Sofaspud
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,625 ✭✭✭


    I've been doing free weights at home for about a year now (on & off), but I have trouble with some shoulder workouts.

    Whenever I do side or front raises, my shoulder kinda "clicks" on every rep, so I usually do one or two then stop because I don't want to risk injury.

    I'm not using too much weight, because I try to do them with good (slow) form, and I don't have the strongest shoulders in the world! I've tried doing it with just the bars, with no weights before, and the same clicking happened!

    Is this a problem with the joint, or am I doing something wrong?


Comments

  • #2
    Remmy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,921 ✭✭✭Remmy


    Ditch the raises and just stick to overhead pressing.How long have you had it?Maybe it's worth seeing Doc about this?


  • #3
    mdc5065
    Closed Accounts Posts: 143 ✭✭mdc5065


    Disclaimer: I'm not a doctor. I don't want you hurting yourself by following the comment I'll give. See a doctor upon any PAIN (not normal soreness) developing after working shoulders.

    I've had painless clicks/grinds in my shoulder joints since I was 16. An athletic trainer once told me that it's scar tissue built up around the rotator cuff. The noise/feeling is simply the muscle fiber / scar rolling through the joint on motion. However, he said that if any pain developed to immediately seek a doctor. You don't want a torn rotator cuff. The clicks/grinds can be alleviated over time by way of massage to spread the scar tissue. This is the advice he gave me about my shoulders. Just for thought.
    Remmy wrote: »
    Ditch the raises and just stick to overhead pressing.How long have you had it?Maybe it's worth seeing Doc about this?

    Overhead pressing puts even more stress on the rotator cuff and shoulder than raises, I'd steer clear of anything overhead and possibly even bench pressing before consulting with a physician.


  • #4
    Remmy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,921 ✭✭✭Remmy


    mdc5065 wrote: »
    Overhead pressing puts even more stress on the rotator cuff and shoulder than raises, I'd steer clear of anything overhead and possibly even bench pressing before consulting with a physician.

    Fair point but I suggested the Pressing provided that the shoulder was ok.


  • #5
    mdc5065
    Closed Accounts Posts: 143 ✭✭mdc5065


    I know, no insult intended. I was just being overly cautious :)


  • #6
    Sofaspud
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,625 ✭✭✭Sofaspud


    Thanks for the advice, I'll look into getting it look at.

    I've always had trouble with the raises, it feels like one of those clicks that you can get when you twist your wrist or ankle a certain way, it's more uncomfortable than anything, it's just when my shoulder moves a certain way.

    Overhead pressing and benching don't do the same thing to it at all, so I think it's only that specific movement that affects it.


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