Re: Dips and Pain

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Hi I seem to have impingement in my shoulders due to using dips.

The pain seems to have suddenly got worse in my left shoulder; it

hurts with any movement and there is definitely inflammation there, in

particular if I simulate combing my hair there is a very sharp pain. Also there

is a rubbing sound when I role my shoulders with arms straight out.

I recently had 3 weeks off training but still the pain has increased,

there may however be a link to doing tricep pushdowns [As I wanted to

work triceps but couldn't dip] on my come back workout a week ago.

I am thinking of seeing a physio but thought iIwould first see if

any one could let me know if a physio could do much for me.

Thanks

Greenland

Sussex UK

> ,

>

> Sounds like a classic case of impingement to me. Dips give me it

> too. In my case its an inflammation of the subscapularis and yours

sounds

> similar. It WILL get progressively worse as certain rotator cuff

muscles

> 'switch off' under pain and the inflammation won't go down until

you rest

> the movement at least. I'd try resting all parallel pushing for a

while. If

> like most weight trainers you have internally rotated shoulders you

will

> need to do plenty mid/lower trapezius, rhomboid and rear delt work

> (alongside some external rotation work on the r/c's) to balance

yourself out

> and alleviated the pain.

>

> Ben Burgess,

> YORK, England

>

>

> >

> >Reply-To: Supertraining

> >To: Supertraining

> >Subject: Dips and Pain

> >Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2006 13:06:56 -0000

> >

> > Hi, I'm posting this for confirmation of what I already know (I

realise

> >any exercise that causes pain should be dropped. My apprehension

to drop

> >dips is that I have enjoyed getting stronger almost every time I

use them.

> >

> >I first tried body weight dips in a power rack with a cadence of 4

secs

> >up and 4 secs down and was pleased with my range of motion. I

didn't

> >get any pain but about a month using dips I started to feel a

tightness

> >in the front of my shoulders. In between training sessions it was a

> >mild sharp pain - nothing I can't put up with, but nevertheless

enough

> >to worry me. This has gotten progressively worse, its still not

what

> >I'd call real pain but I feel the time has come to drop them from

my

> >workout. I suspect over the cause of a month the tendons slowly

flared

> >up, I only train once a week so I do dips once every two weeks.

>