Did something to my Pec (Clavicular Head)

[MarkY]

Last Friday doing dumbell flys, the muscle right next to my arm pit and above my nipple started hurting. I thought it might just be sore and that maybe I stretched it too much.

Today, I was doing some flat bench and I couldn't even get through my second work set because the muscle was hurting. I was able to do some incline dumbell presses.

Now this muscle is quite swollen and painful. It is also very hard. My wife said I look like I had a bad implant. I don't believe I tore it because I still have a full range of motion, although it hurts. I took an IBProfin and have iced it.

Any thoughts on this regarding how serious this might be? Is ice and rest the answer for a couple of weeks?

I've been training pretty hard for the last 10 weeks, I'm in the abs contest going on in another thread. I'm also going to Hawaii in 5 weeks and I was going to workout hard until I leave. However, I'm pretty wore out, my shoulders hurt, my wrist is sore, etc. Think I should just do cardio, abs, and legs for a couple of weeks?

Thanks for any comments.

[WBL]

Something is wrong. You need see a sports medicine doctor ASAP. Your pec should not have a random hard spot nor should benching be painful.

[Robmabbott]

you could have torn the ligament attaching the muscle at either end. see a sports medicine Dr. NOW!

[jaguarr]

I agree with the others. Off to the doc with you!

jag