Has anyone else ever had this type of shoulder issue?

[Wade Garrett]

A couple of weeks ago I was doing standing dumbbell curls with enough weight where I would get about 4 to 6 reps, and towards the fifth or sixth rep my right shoulder popped. I immediately loss strength in that arm and it was too painful to even curl a fifteen-pound dumbbell. That night it was painful just to lift my arm above my head, and when I would lower my arm my shoulder would catch and then pop, which really hurt. This went on for the next few days, and when it was time to work out my chest, triceps and shoulders, I was able to do bench press with no pain, but it was impossible to do incline or military press. A week later I went to the doctor, and after he hurt my shoulder more, he wasn’t sure what it was. Maybe a torn or stretched ligament. Has anyone else had this type of injury where it is painful to lift you’re arm above you’re head and it pops when you lower it. Bench pressing and curls do not hurt the injury.

[Blueice]

Could be a shoulder sprain..could be many other different things, but I'm no doctor. So the best advice I can give you would be to talk to a doctor who does know what it is, or at least can find out. Till then, just rest it and ice it.

[RJSMuscle]

99.99999% chance anyone lifting weights will eventually have a shoulder injury.

Par for the course

[joemomma]

I've had the exact same thing in my left shoulder, except I did it benching. Struggling on a rep, and I moved a weird way and it did the pop/loss of strength/pain thing. Not sure what it was, it hurt for months to bench, curl, whatever. I recommend going to see a sports doctor, not your ENT family guy. They will want to xray it....forget that and insist on an MRI. Even then nothing may show up, I didn't show anything that they could see, but I knew something was amiss. Take some time off to see how it reacts, don't sleep on it, things like that.

[ambientdeath]

Originally Posted by joemomma

I've had the exact same thing in my left shoulder, except I did it benching. Struggling on a rep, and I moved a weird way and it did the pop/loss of strength/pain thing. Not sure what it was, it hurt for months to bench, curl, whatever. I recommend going to see a sports doctor, not your ENT family guy. They will want to xray it....forget that and insist on an MRI. Even then nothing may show up, I didn't show anything that they could see, but I knew something was amiss. Take some time off to see how it reacts, don't sleep on it, things like that.

What happens to the weights? Are you still able to lift and put the bar back or does ALL strength disappear and you pray that you have a spotter with you when it happens?