My shoulder problem

[Grey Ghost]

Hi ya'll,

Just wanted to share my current shoulder problem I have been dealing for a while. In January, I came down with a severe pain on my left shoulder. Thought I can just rest it for a few weeks and then get back into things. After the rest, the pain was still there, so I just rested another 2 weeks. Pain was not gone at all and the swelling was bad. I didn't lift for about 2 months. Swelling and pain basically forced me to stop lifting until May. I finally went to see an orthopedic. Turned out I had a bone spur which was causing the swelling and pain on my left shoulder. Opted to take a cortizone shot. The swelling went down, but I felt a little pain. Then, my ortho jumped the gun and told me to get a arthroscopic surgery. My friend, who's a general physician, told me to go seek another ortho. Turns out, the second ortho was against any type of surgery at my age (28) and recommended rehab. Lessoned learned: if you are hurt immediately seek a physician. For any type of surgery, seek a second opinion. My rehab is going pretty well. Before the cortizone shot, couldn't do a single pushup. Now, I have a full ROM and hopefully start lifting light weights soon.

[arbit]

Was the bone spur due to the lifting ?

[Grey Ghost]

Yes, both orthos said it was from over use of the shoulder (left), resulting in tendinitis, arthritis, and swelling.

[MuscleMemory]

Work out in the smith machine for your shoulders and chest for a while. That helped me when I was getting over my shoulder injury. The smith machine is easy on the shoulder joints. After using that for 2-3 weeks, my shoulder was strong enough for free weights. Plus I was still able to train my target muscle while using the machines.