Exercise Workouts, around injured shoulder?
Ok just a little info. I have had problems with my Right shoulder ever since seventeen years old, and I am limited to what I can do for Muscle building exercises.
Around 7 or so years ago I dislocated snowboarding, and had slap repair(2 anchors to tie down the labrum.)After Surgery it took a while to heal, but I started to do more weight then before the shoulder problem started. Needless to say I helped my brother move a 60" rear projection TV, and my shoulder was back to square one again. Normally I try to stay away from new Exercises due to the fact of aggravating it, and having to take 1 week to 2 months off lifting. Does anyone on this board deal with shoulder bad shoulder problems? If so what do your weight lifting routines look like? The other day I picked up, Muscle & Fitness with world champ cross fit Rich Froning on the cover; it says he had shoulder surgery. Maybe I should just get another surgery, I mean after reading Matt Tuthill article in the mag "The diagnosis was grim;his labrum was completely torn, and the shoulder had popped in and out of the socket so often and with so much force, the head of his humerus cracked." (68).
Be cool if I could have no problems, and be able to train on a regular schedule.
Thanks for your time
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Kirayama_ I hear you on that, definitely is different then being able to lift what i should.
ac 89_ That has been my theory on the 90 degree thing. I never could do any flat bench, and won't being going near that. I noticed the other day while doing incline dumbbell press, changing the degrees of my hands made a huge difference. For instance if i had the dumbbells in position as if i where pressing, turn thumb side of hands toward my feet. That stabilized the shoulder a lot!
Very similar issues, had a bike accident a few years back and popped my left shoulder, broke my hand and wrist and now have a plate in my right hand. had to stay away from any serious work in the gym for around a year and a half. main thing is to take it easy your not going to be able to do anywhere near what you been used to... I stayed on the same routine but just lighter, I still don't feel the same but its getting there, and gives me plenty of time to get rid of that BF
Also make sure you get good and warmed up. Jump a little rope then hit the elliptical to get the blood in those joints.
Maybe when you start lifting again start out light for a while. Hit your raises first before any pressing motions. Also on your press you might not want to go down very far, stop once your arms get to a 90 degree angel. By doing this, the raises will pre exhaust the delts before you hit presses. Then on press by not going down far you will get some delt stimulation but the point of stopping at 90 is so you don't put any stress on the ligament in your shoulder. Remember GO LIGHT. Also be sure to be very cautious on chest days since shoulder get some work when working chest. Hope this helps