My right shoulder on the outside is in pain it feels like it is pinching and it aches a little constantly it goes away but comes back sometimes it started hurting after I did clap pushups a while ago, I think push ups aggrivate it? Any suggestions

Best advice anyone can give you:

Discontinue exercises that make this pain appear and see a doctor immediately before turning this problem into a chronic one.

Chronic problem = screwed for life.

Eric

You probably need an x-ray for that. You could have torn a muscle or injured your bone. Pls pls stop your workouts and go to the doctor immediately.

It sounds like the same rotator cuff injury I get from time to time and you need a doctor to diagnose it. When I get it, I stop any activity that aggravates it and take an NSAID (ibuprofen). I would ice it, but that is difficult to do with a shoulder.

careful with the ibuprofen men, it could be the beginning of a race that ends in a pain killer addiction... just kidding, hope you recover soon.

This probem you have is very very typical in weight lifters. Look at your shoulders. Are they in a protracted position? If so, then your problem could very well lie in the fact that the head of your humerus has rotated to a dysfunctional position on your glenoid fossa. The only real stabiization for the shoulder is the labrum. A circle of cartilage surrounding the glenoid fossa. your chest muscles may be tight and they are attatched anteriorly to the humerous and pulling it forward. your back muscles such as your Teres Major and Latissimus dorsi may be weak and allowing the chest muscle to pull the humerus forward. So now yoru humerus is in a proracted position causing altered joint motions. Work on your back muscles preferably the ones that connect to the humerus and back and this should pull the humerus back into functional position.


Hope this helped.

BTW I am not diagnosing your problem this is just for infrmational purposes

I think I have this problem. I have had a slight plain stiffness every now and then on my outer shoulders, and the pain is around the humerus.

Do you know any specific exercises that can strengthen the stabilizing muscles in the shoulders, or specific back exercises that target the humerus?

It seems to be an off again on again thing for me. A couple minutes ago I would feel a slight pain and stiffness when bringing up my arms to the sides, but now its gone. And for the past week I get a sharp pain in my right shoulder when I tried doing dips.

Yes, you will need to work on the muscles that attatch to your humerus posteriorly. It could also be a rotator cuff strain. most of the time it feels like you have a strained deltod but the problem actually lies underneath the major muscle, stabiizing the glenohumeral joint. sorry if my typing is off I've had this new computer for about a week and i don't have the hang of it yet.

Yes, it sounds a lot like a strained deltoid. I do a lot of heavy military pressing.

How would I go on about stabilizing these joints? Any specific exercises?

I've added a link in here with some exercises. The pictures include a man using a dumbbell but you can do this with an a resistance band also.

http://familydoctor.org/online/famdo...interview.html

Also, you will need to stretch the rotator cuff. A good exercise is used with a towel.

Grab a towel at both ends standing straight up with opposite hands on each end. Put the hand behind your back of the arm that you are aiming at stretching in a supinated (palm facing outward) position. Hold the other end of the towel above your head with your other hand and pull on it until you feel a stretch and hold for 20-30 seconds. this is typically done for three sets.



Good luck.
Stephen

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