Shoulder issues givin me a hard time with chest day.... Help

[CrankinSteiN]

OK so I has this problem years ago but it was gone for a long time and now its back.... When doing any kind of pressing movement (bench press, seated press, incline bench or db press etc...) my shoulder sort of clicks at a certain point and when it does I lose strength on that side almost completely.... It doesn't really hurt so much as it is uncomfortable... But the instant strength loss kills me because I almost drop the weight on that side and it makes it impossible to continue with my rep... This leaves me unable to do these very important movements at the amount of weight I should be doing I.E. for 6-8 reps or even 8-10.....

Anyone have any idea as to what this could be or how I can rehab it? For now I am working around it by doing exercises that allow me to press without it happening because of the angle or whatever it might be... I am still gettin chest done to a good degree but I would really like to be able to fix this and do it right and without this happening

[Bouncer]

Sounds like a slight dislocation. I would get it looked at instead of guessing what it might be.

[Chadd77]

Do you have the clicking when using a straight bar and/or dumbbells? When I had shoulder problems I could only use dumbbells for pressing movements. I wasn't locked into a fix position like a straight bar. To this day I only use dumbbells for all chest pressing movements.

[jack tors]

anti-inflamitories for pain management
strengthen the rotator cuff and shoulder
get it checked out.

[ROCKETW19]

Do you have the clicking when using a straight bar and/or dumbbells? When I had shoulder problems I could only use dumbbells for pressing movements. I wasn't locked into a fix position like a straight bar. To this day I only use dumbbells for all chest pressing movements.

Yup I only use Dbells and only incline anything flat and I will end up hurting my shoulder.

[Mr I]

What jac tors said, it looks like there is some imbalance there in strength

[CrankinSteiN]

anti-inflamitories for pain management
strengthen the rotator cuff and shoulder
get it checked out.

I know of a few but would like some suggestions for exercises to strengthen rotator cuff if anyone knows some good ones that work well....

[CrankinSteiN]

Do you have the clicking when using a straight bar and/or dumbbells? When I had shoulder problems I could only use dumbbells for pressing movements. I wasn't locked into a fix position like a straight bar. To this day I only use dumbbells for all chest pressing movements.

Had this problem way back and switched to DB's only for chest and it pretty much solved the problem..... Not now tho... It is happening with DB's as well....

[CrankinSteiN]

What jac tors said, it looks like there is some imbalance there in strength

There shouldn't be an imbalance in strength except for the fact that I has a pinched nerve in my back/neck on the side I am having these issues with and I was avoiding using it for a few months because of that.... I was also out of the gym at the time.... I know it ended up in my left arm being a quarter inch smaller then my right when they used to be pretty much exactly the same...

[3v1lj03]

I know of a few but would like some suggestions for exercises to strengthen rotator cuff if anyone knows some good ones that work well....

I have rehabed a few shoulder injures myself and helped a lot of folks in the gym. I am not familiar with your exact problem but, this routine will strengthen your rotator cuff and prevent future injury

Monday
Rotator Cuff
Empty Cans 3x8
Int/Ext Rotation 3x8ea
Incline Front Raise 3x8

Wednesday
Upper Body
Suspended Row 3x12


Friday
Rotator Cuff
Bent Lateral Raise 3x8
Int/Ext Rotation 3x8ea
Incline Front Raise 3x8

Do this for about 6 weeks, then get more aggressive with it.

Monday
Rotator Cuff
Cuban Rotations 3x8
Int/Ext Rotation 3x8ea
Incline Front Raise 3x8

Wednesday
Upper Body
Suspended Row 4x10
Hammer Curls 4x10
DB 1 Arm Row 3x15

Friday
Rotator Cuff
Band Scarecrows 3x8
DB Shoulder Detraction 3x10
YTWs 3x5 (here is a link in case you don't know what this is YouTube - DeFrancosTraining.com - Incline "Y-T-W")

You can amp it up a bit and head more towards that second set. Suspended row is basically a Two Hand DB Row on a back extension machine while keeping that static position.

ice 2 or 3 times a day, but also throw in heat twice a day as well to help with blood flow. I also have all my rehabers take flax oil caps at least 3 times a day because it really helps with the inflammation you also should make sure you are getting vit A to help heal the tissue. Remember with Vitamin A to much is a bad thing so don't go overboard with it.

[liftsiron]

Quit doing barbell benches and standing BB curls use dumbbells. Get the book the 7 minute rotator cuff solution.

[CrankinSteiN]

Thanks for all the help from everyone and thanks for the routine 3V. I will try it out for sure.