Chest and Shoulder Pain while Bench Press?

Question

I have been bench pressing for 2 years now and I have never been injured. Towards the end of the school year I started feeling this sharp pain in my front deltoid and my shoulder. When I was lifting it hurt when I pushed the weight up. The pain isnt so much shoulder or chest its both, where the armpit lining is. The pain is a sharp pain sort of feels like the muscle inside is sore. I the pain wasnt going away so I iced it for like 2 days and I tried lifting again. I still felt the pain. So i took some time off and did not touch any weights for a whole month. Today i got back and tried lifting and I still felt the pain. There is no pain when im doing close grip bench, the pain comes when my grip gets a little wide. ANY ONE HAVE ANY AVICE or TREATMENT.

Answer 1

I have had a similar injury and first of all you should rest it and ice it if there is pain. I would suggest taking a few weeks off but this time get some light dumbells(5lbs) and do several sets of 20 overhead and flat bench. After you've done a 4-5 sets stretch your shoulders, chest, lats. I did this routine for about a month and now im pain free in bench. I know it feels silly using such small weights but just getting your shoulders warmed up and then stretching them helps healing. I do jiu jitsu and i actually had my shoulder tweaked pretty far and this really helped. And once your back to your normal routine make sure to stretch after if you don't already, it prevents injury.

Answer 2

I'm not jumping to conclusions but it sounds like you may have either pulled a muscle or tore some tissue. You should see a doctor if the pain isn't gone within a week. Also, you should probably avoid any upper body workout for now since that can only make it worse

Answer 3

Sounds like a rotator cuff injury. Don't bench press..... or shoulder press.. or do delt lateral raises.

If you have torn a tendon the pain will be severe... so it is likely that you have a tendonitis. For recovery you should see an expert for diagnosis. Usually recovery involves strengthening exercises around the rotator cuff using simple movements on the cable machine.. light dumbells etc...

Look around your gym and you will see a guy or two that use light dumbells in sideways movements... overhead arnold presses etc... these guys are probably nursing a shoulder injury... but fact is, all those little movements help build strength in and aroudn the shoulder joints and this adds considerably to your strength, long term so really everyone should do them... but they dont... most guys at the gym are show ponies looking in the mirror at their pecs and trying to bench 100kg.