re: Advice: Weightlifter’s Shoulder

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tenderness and pain at the top of my right shoulder and it got progressively worse throughout the week. It’s to the point now where even benching the bar causes discomfort.

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Had this exact issue a couple of years ago. I’m back to about 99% still have a little pain doing overhead work around the house or in awkward positions but no pain in the gym.

Mine got pretty bad, it was accompanied but bicep tendinitis in my shoulder joint. Doc said surgery was an option to open up the space between the ac joint but didn’t recommend it. Glad I passed on the surgery and worked through it.

I lost a lot of my bench strength, went from 365 max down to 225. I’m back to 345 after two years.

I think what helped me the most was really focusing on tucking my elbows closer to my side during pressing motions and changed my touch point of the bar, during bench press, from nipple area to lower sternum. Also, for some reason I found that lifting explosively instead of slow and controlled gave me less pain during pressing motions. I can’t explain it and it seems counterintuitive but it sure worked.

Limit your pressing motions down to the bare necessities until the pain goes away. Try to shift that focus to building your mid-lower taps, rear delts and teres muscles