While doing presses. Overhead, incline, bench my left shoulder pops. There is no pain but about a 50% weakness. Could this be a serious problem? What would cause this?
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While doing presses. Overhead, incline, bench my left shoulder pops. There is no pain but about a 50% weakness. Could this be a serious problem? What would cause this?
i have that same issue
I have the same issue with my left shoulder, which mostly affects my benching. Orthopaedic dr told me it was a deformity of the shoulder joint. Told me as long as there was no pain, I could do whatever I wanted, including lifting weights. Could be repaired with surgery but not needed.
Shoulder snapping or popping is a very common issue— it is so common that this is one of the most frequently searched topics on my website. I see between 5-10 patients a week who are simply in my office because they want to know – Why my shoulder snaps and pops?The shoulder is a very complex joint composed of bone, cartilage, ligaments, tendons, and two different linings we call the synovium and the bursa. For more information on the anatomy or structures of the shoulder check out this section on shoulder anatomy. If any of these structures are injured, the smoothly functioning shoulder can pop, snap or click. These “injuries” can be simply due to everyday use, chronic repetitive stress of sports or because of a significant trauma, fall or accident.
Most of the time the clicking or snapping is due to everyday use and changes that occur naturally within our joints. As we age this causes some of the surfaces to roughen —thus when they rub against one another they will snap click or pop within the shoulder. In the vast majority of circumstances snapping or clicking within the shoulder is not an issue to worry about, nor is it a problem you need to worry about. There are many different tissues in our shoulder that can click or pop as they roll on one another. Painless clicking and popping usually does not require any treatment at all.
Clicking or popping in shoulder may also start immediately, or soon after an injury. That does not necessarily mean that you have sustained a “significant” injury. It usually means that the tissues inside the shoulder are swollen or inflamed from the injury, and they are clicking or catching and popping as they move against the other structures in the shoulder.
There are a few times when popping or snapping in particular (not clicking) could signify a problem. If your shoulder was injured and is now sliding in and out of place (instability), it may snap or pop. If the rotator cuff was injured or torn, or if the labrum of the shoulder was torn (see the shoulder anatomy video) your shoulder may also snap or pop.
Often patients complain of a clicking shoulder. The age at which the clicking began, whether they eventually became aware of it after an injury, and whether it's a painful click are factors to consider.
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Under 25, clicking is probably more related to an instability problem than in later years in which loose bodies and a thickened bursa are frequent causes. A painful click represents some type of pathology. A painless click rarely indicates internal derangement.1 Neer's2 second stage of the impingement syndrome describes a thickened, scarred bursa in patients 25 to 40 years of age. Loose bodies are usually visualized by radiography. The above causes of a painful click may also cause a palpable and audible crepitus at the same time. A tear in the glenoid labrum is the most frequent cause of the clicking shoulder. The labrum is a fibrous structure joined to the glenoid fossa. Its function is to deepen the concavity of the glenoid fossa, act as the origin for the glenohumeral ligaments, and has a role in resisting anterior translation of the humeral head.
Some causes of tears in the labrum are: repetitive overhead sports activities causing fatigue of the stabilizing dynamic rotator cuff muscles allowing excessive humeral head translation over the glenoid labrum;3 falling on an outstretched arm entraping the superior labrum under the humeral head; and forceful eccentric contraction of the biceps during the acceleration phase of throwing in which the biceps is attempting to decelerate the rapidly extending elbow.4 The biceps is confluent with the superior labrum where it originates off the superior glenoid tubercle. These injuries do not necessarily always result in instability.
The tear in the labrum and detachment of the labrum from the glenoid rim may be responsible for true glenohumeral instability resulting in recurrent dislocation or subluxation. Instability results because the main barrier to anterior instability is the loss of attachment of the inferior glenohumeral ligament which originates off the anterior-inferior glenoid labrum. These cases will exhibit pain or apprehension on passive lateral rotation and excessive motion on the load and shift test.
Pappas et al.,5 has shown that labrum tears may occur without instability. He calls this a "functional instability" in which there is no excessive glenohumeral motion but only mechanical symptoms resulting in clicking, catching or locking due to partially torn or bucket-handle labral tears. This is similar to a meniscus knee tear without instability. The glenoid tear interferes with motion between the glenoid and humeral head. In this situation there may or may not be a complaint of clicking or catching. The "clunk test" is used to express the mechanical interference caused by an anterior labral tear. The patient is supine; the examiner puts one hand behind the shoulder and pushes the humeral head anterior while bringing the arm into a full overhead, abducted position. While in the above position, the examiner circumducts the shoulder attempting to elicit a clunk or grind.
The conservative treatment for instability is a progressive program of rotator cuff strengthening.6
It is strange before I was doing 275# for reps in incline now down to 185#
this happened to me years ago after a stupid injury. the clicking and popping faded throughout several years, but the way i handled it was lots of warming up (rotator cuff exercises) and stretching, biggest problem lift was db shoulder press.
I always get a pop in my shoulder when I do side lateral raises
I will do this. Care to share the warm up?Quote:
Originally Posted by sensitivenips
also i would do several more warm up sets than normal before hitting the area, gradually going up to the hard set.Quote:
Originally Posted by dirtwarrior
forward arm rotations (with & without weight), backward arm rotations (with and without weight), light weight lateral movements with 5lbs, 7.5lbs, & 10lbs.
try sometime hitting your lateral sets first, then move to the push and see how that feels.
Thanks bro
Internal Rotation:Stand with your lifting arm closest to the cable machine, with your elbow flexed to 90-degrees. Rotate your hand from outside to inwards, bringing your hand towards your belly.
External Rotation:Switch positions so that your lifting arm is farthest from the cable machine. Keep your elbow bent at 90-degrees and rotate your hand outwards from your abdomen.
Scaption: "Scapular plane elevation"Similar to a lateral shoulder fly, you lift your arm upwards on an angle 30-degrees forward of the frontal plane. Prevent your shoulder blade from hiking up towards your ear.
Here are some to warmup with on cables..
dirty If I was you I might take some time off doing barbell presses.. use dumbbells or hammer strength machines..
I tore my labrum doing incline presses then maybe 2-3yrs later I messed up my other shoulder.. tore up my rotator cuff this time.. I no longer do any type of barbell presses incline or flat.. I only do dumbbell or machines...just a thought..
when I tore my labrum I went from doing incline presses of 315 to having pain flat benching 135lbs...
My strength is way down too and even lifting a mug is difficult when arm is fully extendedQuote:
Originally Posted by apbt549
thanks broQuote:
Originally Posted by animal87