Uneven development cause injury?

[9four]

I have been working out for over 2 years, although it has been fairly inconsistent for quite a while now. Anyways I was playing disc golf and my shoulder popped out of socket. Any time I play frisbee now, even just a few throws, my right shoulder hurts immediately.

I have given this a lot of thought and realized it may have been caused by uneven development of my deltoids. In reviewing my workout routine I realized that I never solely focus on the posterior deltoid - only the anterior & lateral.

Could my injury have been prevented by focusing on the posterior deltoid? If so - would doing some bent-over rows, and letting the posterior play catch-up to the others prevent such an injury from occurring again?

If it makes a difference - I experience pain reminiscent of my injury in my right shoulder while doing shoulder press.

I believe muscular imbalance is the cause of many training injuries. Lack of common sense probably is a greater cause though.

To answer your question, who knows, but I do think you are thinking correctly.

[EliteLift]

have you gone to a doctor or physio therapist yet? i would make that your first course of action if you cant even throw a frisbee without pain.

i agree that more upper back work could help, but only if you know your not causing more damage just by going to the gym. flexibility is also very important. try and stretch every day if you can.

Good Luck!

[Maxgain]

Indeed it does cause injuries, happened to me traps and delts over developed back muscles not as deverloped led to shoulder problems due to muscle encroachment

[9four]

Thanks for all the replies - with this level of knowledge weighing in, i have confirmed my suspicions. Thanks to EliteLift for putting it into perspective - not being able to throw a frisbee without pain should have been a much larger warning sign than it was.

[bodyshop20]

I bet you have aggrovated the roto clavicular part of the delt.
Bit late in the day now but you should always try to build complete muscle symetrical shape so that all muscle has equal power to other parts supporting it.