[2small]

The other day I was doing a chest wokout and I felt a funny feeling in my left pec where it meets my shoulder/armpit like I might have pulled a tendon/ligament or something. I can still do push ups and very light bench but I get a aching burning feeling.

Has this happen to anyone?
How long did it take to recover from this BS?
What should I do?

[purenatural]

give it couple of days to rest. Then see if it's still there. If it is go see a doctor. But take it easy for now. better taking 5 steps forward then none back instead of taking only 1 step forward and 8 steps back.

I suggest next time you bench, make sure your doing properm form, which in fact theres a bunch of threads here that has to do with technique. Such as retract your shoulders when doing bench.

[diosjesus]

let me tell you exactly what it is. your on the verge of a pec tear. i had the same feeling last summer. tore my pec three weeks later. had surgery august 30th and i'm still recovering. if you were smart i would stay away from flat barbells for at least a month. i would just do light inclines, dumbells, and machines. i would do light blood volume training if you find it necessary to do chest training at all

[BigBen]

Originally Posted by 2small

The other day I was doing a chest wokout and I felt a funny feeling in my left pec where it meets my shoulder/armpit like I might have pulled a tendon/ligament or something. I can still do push ups and very light bench but I get a aching burning feeling.

Has this happen to anyone?
How long did it take to recover from this BS?
What should I do?

Ok ive had tgis happen to me before, its like in your armpit kinda? If so you have most likely strained the muscle where it connects to the insertion point(inderneith your shoulder. I hurt mine when i was lifting off my bench press.

Would it hurt to lift off your bench weight by yourself? Im curious bc i could better help u if i knew.

Well reguardless i would suggest taking some vitamins 2 times a day, and make sure you eat some fruit veggies and protein, carbs also, but the fruits and the veggies will help the healing process, bc of their antioxidants, and vitmins in them, also dont avoid training light its better to get your blood flowing and help the healing process than it is to just stop training. train light if u can, but stop if it hurts, and never go for that last rep, u know the one u would struggle with. Normally u want that last rep, but your injured and all u want to do is get blood in the injured muscle not tear that muscle down.


Any more questions, or anything i havent anwsered please ask, or feel free to PM me.



Godbless

[2small]

I think I did it when I was doing flat dumbell bench, I got the feeling when I was at the bottom, I dont know maybe I was to wide and to deep. If you put your arms streight out in front of you and push your palms togather you will feel your pecs squeeze togather, I do to but there is that little bit of pain in my left pec/airmpit. It is not bad enough to make me pis my pants but just enough for me to know something is wrong.

[Diesel]

take time off. i really can't say what it is but listen to your body. I know it can be rough (im going through a lay off also) but its best to listen to your body. pec tears are awful. i know of a guy that went through a pec tear and it was one full year until he could even consider doing chest movements again.

EDIT: just read your post above. you may have gotten this b/c of going to deep w/ dumbells. when you do DB press a lot of ppl say go down so you just feel a stretch in the chest, not in the shoulder. if you feel a stretch in the shoulder you are going down too far. personally, my hands are probably about 3 inches higher at the lowest part of the movement when it comes do DB vs BB (just for safety).

[2small]

I dont think it is torn bc I think that would be more painful, this is more like an annoying ache or a discomfort feeling. Anyway I am still working out just not doing bench press, is that still ok

[front_row]

see a physiotherapist, they can diagnose what it is, we are all just guessing from our own injuries, which are unique to us. A bum shoulder or a strained pec are going to sound the same to us, a physio will diagnose what the hell is going on

[BigBen]

ok from th sounds of things i think u have a strained muscle. take time and let it heal bro, ignore my above post bc i dont want to be misunderstood and cause u further injury. Just take time off and heal up bro.

Godbless

[2small]

Thanks

[Big Boi 1906]

I've noticed the same thing when I was doing smith incline bench presses with 305.
I felt a slight twinge in my right delt. So after the workout a day or two later,
I felt twinge in my pec-delt tie in and lat. I have so far taken a week and two days off.
Man, I want to get back in the gym so bad. I guess I want to try blood volume since
benching heavy would probably be stupid.
How do you do blood volume?

[Jonathan215]

i used to get that your just overstretching the muiscle no biggie it will heal over the next couple of days

[trapman]

See a doc
RICE
rest Ice compression, elevate if you could
only use the ice for about 15 min several times a day
I would take motrin ? or aleve
Dont' lift with it until your sure, seen the doc, give it sometime. Like everyone is telling you, its not worth the damage.

[winheisman]

Be careful.........sounds a lot like when I partially tore my pec. I was excited because I got 315 for 5 easy for my first set on bench, so I upped it to 335 and got 6! However, my next set I felt the pain your describing, so I went to our trainer (I was a sophomore in college on the track team at the time). Got diagnosed w/ partially torn pec. I was to stretch every day for 3 weeks, and only do light (pushups, wall pushups, and Bench w/ a towel row on my chest so I don't go down all the way) chest work 2 times a week. Slowly progressing, I eventually started regular work 4 weeks out really light and by 8 weeks was pretty much back to normal.