Possible shoulder injury, not sure what it could be!!!

[thenaturalguy]

Yesturday was a chest for me in the gym, I THOUROUGHLY warmed up my shoulders (as I always do) everything felt fine and good and I had a great workout. However about 2 hours after I got home from the gym something did not feel right. As the day went on pain in my left shoulder continued to get worse and worse. Im typing this the next morning and its the same as it was last night. I noticed that the path of travel that causes the most pain is the "incline pressing" movement. When my shoulder goes through that range of motion it kills. Thats what causes the most pain. Sitting here relaxed it feels fine. I can do overhead pressing still without pain until I get to the BOTTOM OF THE MOVEMENT it kills. Upright rows, side laterals, rows of any kind, pullups are all fine and I feel no pain. Its only when I bench press or the worst is the incline press movement that kills.

Any advice would be greatly apreciated.
Also, what would anyone reccomend taking for pain?

[thenaturalguy]

There is also pain when I just lift my shoulder up straight in front of me

[Auron89]

Sounds like typical impingement to me, you need an x-ray and ultrasound, to be sure. Rest it completely otherwise u risk rotator cuff damage

[SleeperService]

Yup. Impingement, bicep tendon, RC...

Rest it for a couple of weeks - use ice and anti inflams. If it still hurts or you have problems with range of motion see a doctor or good sports physio.

[thenaturalguy]

I have been diagnosed with shoulder tendenitis, unfortunatly. I hope that this problem will heal quickly. I have read that once you have tendenitis there is no getting rid of it. Im thinking about taking a week off from the gym completly. It feels much better after I take a dose of ibuprophen (800mg) I am quite upset about this problem since I cannot press (bench press, dips, overhead press) without any pain. This would happen right when I start making decent gains. Anyone have any sort of "comeback" story from an injury like this? Thanks everyone for the help.

[SleeperService]

Shoulder tendinitis usually clears up well if you rest it, ice it and rehab according to instructions. The absolute worst thing you can do is try and work through it - I had bicep tendinitis for about three months before it became so inflamed that I couldn't move my arm and shoulder without pain. The tendon has responded well to rest and physio thankfully, however I now have four more weeks of stretching out an overly tight shoulder capsule to do (I can do anything except overhead work like chins and OHP) which I could have avoided by resting earlier.

You may be out for six weeks or so but if you push it you could be out for months. It's annoying, I know, but I wish I had rested mine when it first flared up.

[jdmz]

I am at 4.5 months on my rotator cuff strain (or tear) from incline db press. Havent been able to work out since then. I think it is finally getting a bit better. Shoulder injuries suck ass.

[thenaturalguy]

UPDATE:

Currently no pain when it comes to overhead pressing, or doing a pushup. I can still feel just a slight amount of pain (very dull) when I raise my hand to my head but nothing serious. Going to lift weights on friday (back) and it does not hurt to do any sort of row. Im worried that it will flame back up after my workout. Will ice postworkout and i will take ibuprofen pre workout about a hour or so before my session.