[Patrick_Bateman]

Originally Posted by Mrbobcat

Yeah, it hurts when I raise my own arm, but not always. Right now it hurts if I lift it in a quick jerking motion. It does hurt when I lie on that side sometimes too. My nephew, who is a senior studying sports science, says to use the exercise bike with the arm apparatus to loosen it up before lifting. I did some more research on it and it sounds like either tendonitis or bursitis. They recommend not doing activites that irritate it, especially overhead presses. Thinking about it, whenever I do front presses for the last year or so, my right shoulder always feels funny the first rep, I have to use body motion to get the weight moving, but then it feels fine. Recently I've been doing 1 arm presses and that shoulder really hurts when unracking the weight (with powerhooks) and the first rep, but only on work sets. Lateral raises may be bothering it too, but the shoulder may be warmed up by then. It does feel a little better now. I think I'll try ligher weights on the presses, skip the laterals and dips for now. I wonder if anything else could be bothering it like dumb. bench, incline press, or upright rows?

Sounds like a torn rotator cuff


See a Doctor son