AC joint issues......."weightlifter's shoulder"
I am a sixteen year old male. I have been lifting for a while but the past month i have been pretty much balls to the wall training. For about a week and a half my left shoulder has been progressivly hurting worse and worse but only during and right after training. I went to the doctor yesterday and he pointed out the popping noise in my shoulder to me. He says it is my AC joint. From the research i have done i've come to understand there are three levels of severity when considering AC joint injuries. Mine i believe is a Stage 1 a stress or stress on the joint which is the most minor. Regardless I have to wait for my joint to naturally recuperate, otherwise the injury will probably hang around or recur with greater severity. So im out of the gym for two weeks as far as upper body is concerned, i guess its time to do some extra cardio....I can't do any upper body back or traps obviously no presses, i even fear working my biceps because i don't want to worsen the injury.......
anyway, as i was reading up on this i learned that minor AC joint injurys such as mine are often reffered to as weightlifter's shoulder. I suppose it's from the excess training or stress that i have been putting on my body at the gym lately, apparently the injury is more common in younger people, perhaps 20 and below, but i would like to hear from anyone who has a recurring AC injury or thinks that they may have an AC joint problem for the first time.
Please respond to this thread i am very curious
thats what i was thinking
i thought to just follow the doctors advice and cool it for a few weeks. BUt thanks for your input i guess i should be smart and let it heal for the long run