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Sudden decrease in strength (left side)
Posted on 9/18/17 at 8:59 am
Posted on 9/18/17 at 8:59 am
Three weeks ago I noticed my strength on Bench Press was at least 15% less than the week before. I could feel a bit of sinus pressure, so I assumed my immune system was just fighting something off. Towards the end of the week I came down with a head cold, and took a few days off the gym to let it pass.
Fast forward to this morning, the cold is now gone, but my strength is still way off, and it seems to be primarily my left side upper body. My squats, deadlifts, etc. don't seem to be affected. My bench is at least 20% down and when doing dips I was going up way easier with right side than left.
I have no pain at all, and full movement of my neck, shoulders, etc. There is the slightest amount of tingling between my left trap and shoulder blade right now, but I did chin-ups and barbell rows just fine.
Any insight?
Fast forward to this morning, the cold is now gone, but my strength is still way off, and it seems to be primarily my left side upper body. My squats, deadlifts, etc. don't seem to be affected. My bench is at least 20% down and when doing dips I was going up way easier with right side than left.
I have no pain at all, and full movement of my neck, shoulders, etc. There is the slightest amount of tingling between my left trap and shoulder blade right now, but I did chin-ups and barbell rows just fine.
Any insight?
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Posted on 9/18/17 at 9:17 am to Jblac15
Man that's tough to say
I'd say wait another week or two to recover and just do lighter workout
Maybe add some rotator cuff work for a warm up
Stretch your pecs out as well
I'd say wait another week or two to recover and just do lighter workout
Maybe add some rotator cuff work for a warm up
Stretch your pecs out as well
Posted on 9/18/17 at 1:59 pm to Jblac15
Could be a nerve/disc issue. It happened to an older gym member who eventually needed neck surgery
Posted on 9/18/17 at 2:20 pm to LSUAlum2001
That's what I was thinking as well. Brooke Ence (crossfitter) recently talked about how she had a disc issue that she never felt but noticed her strength fall considerably.
Best of luck that's not the case for OP though.
Best of luck that's not the case for OP though.
Posted on 9/18/17 at 9:17 pm to Jblac15
No insight but would certainly consider at least a health and physical examination...people don't typically have 'sudden decrease in strength'
Posted on 9/18/17 at 9:31 pm to Jblac15
My brother had an issue where a nerve that runs down your arm was moving out of place when he lifted.
It basically told his brain that he couldn't lift the weight.......
He had to have surgery to repair it. I want to say the ulnar nerve.
It basically told his brain that he couldn't lift the weight.......
He had to have surgery to repair it. I want to say the ulnar nerve.
Posted on 9/18/17 at 10:15 pm to Jblac15
Ok after re-reading it's possible one of your cervical disc may be causing the nerve to compress.
If I had to guess somewhere by c5-c7
If I had to guess somewhere by c5-c7
Posted on 9/19/17 at 8:05 am to lsucoonass
Man, I hope it's not serious enough to require surgery. There's a PT clinic in my gym, if it doesn't clear up in the next week or so I'm going to go get checked out.
Posted on 9/19/17 at 2:56 pm to CBLSU316
Did he have any sensory issues in his pinky or part of ring finger?
Posted on 9/19/17 at 2:59 pm to Jblac15
Keep in mind nerve regeneration occurs at a rate bt 1-2's mm per day when for cutting injuries and such.
Have you had a previous spinal cord injury? How does your neck feel? Hopefully you don't need a laminectomy.
Btw compression bt c5-c7 spine can affect the movements you are describing. Elbow extension (triceps as in dips) is c7. So if you had a spinal cord injury (sci) at c7, you can expect to have an absence of or difficulty extending your elbow
Have you had a previous spinal cord injury? How does your neck feel? Hopefully you don't need a laminectomy.
Btw compression bt c5-c7 spine can affect the movements you are describing. Elbow extension (triceps as in dips) is c7. So if you had a spinal cord injury (sci) at c7, you can expect to have an absence of or difficulty extending your elbow
This post was edited on 9/19/17 at 3:05 pm
Posted on 9/19/17 at 3:33 pm to lsucoonass
I've never had any spinal issues or injuries. No car accidents, or anything that could trigger anything like that. Fairly active 29 year old (gym 4 days/wk and beach volleyball weekly)
Neck feels great. I have full movement with no pain. 4 or 5 months ago I strained my Levator Scapulae in the gym pretty good, and could barely move my neck for a few days.
I do notice some tingling in my left pinky and ring fingers from time to time.
Neck feels great. I have full movement with no pain. 4 or 5 months ago I strained my Levator Scapulae in the gym pretty good, and could barely move my neck for a few days.
I do notice some tingling in my left pinky and ring fingers from time to time.
Posted on 9/19/17 at 3:42 pm to Jblac15
Then it could be an ulnar nerve impingement
Posted on 9/19/17 at 4:17 pm to LSUAlum2001
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Could be a nerve/disc issue.
I had a herniated disc at C1-2 from doing BJJ. Caught a guy in a triangle choke and he stacked me quick and really jacked up my neck. I went from benching well over 405 to barely being able to un-rack an empty bar. Lost all strength on my right side.
I ended up doing a lot of chiro work with even more decompression. It took about 7 months to get back to anywhere near my normal strength and my flat bench never got back to that level.
Posted on 9/23/17 at 3:12 pm to lsucoonass
Not that I recall
Posted on 9/25/17 at 10:33 am to CBLSU316
Made my first visit to the Chiro Friday afternoon. He did some deep tissue and stretching work on my shoulder. After that he adjusted C2 and C7. I can feel a significant difference in rotational ability of my neck. So far, the tingling/numbness in my fingers has gone away. I did some barbell shoulder presses this morning, and felt pretty normal. I have a follow-up with the Chiro tomorrow and will bench again on Wednesday, which is where I first noticed the issues.
Thanks for all the feedback.
Thanks for all the feedback.
Posted on 9/25/17 at 8:05 pm to Jblac15
Reduce load on bench
In fact do dumbells to get a better gage of weakness.
In fact do dumbells to get a better gage of weakness.
Posted on 9/25/17 at 8:06 pm to Jblac15
If you are in Baton Rouge area I'd suggest Dave Corbin, his brother, or butch Sonnier for your chiro treatments
Posted on 9/29/17 at 9:34 am to lsucoonass
So I think I have it narrowed down to my left Tricep. Military/shoulder press feel pretty normal, except my left arm tends to struggle with the final lock out. Bench was still super weak this week. I noticed today when doing one arm tricep extensions, my left arm struggled to keep up with the right arm. Everything else feels great, squats, deadlift, etc.
Going to deload for the next week or 2 on bench, and just work with dumbbells for the time being.
Thanks again for all the feedback.
Going to deload for the next week or 2 on bench, and just work with dumbbells for the time being.
Thanks again for all the feedback.
Posted on 10/3/17 at 7:07 am to LSUAlum2001
quote:
(left side)
Ironically not your strong side?
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