Forum: Injury Recovery And Prevention

Anyone here develop AC joint issues from flat benching? Apparently I dislocated my AC on the eccentric during cable reverse flies (which I’ve been doing without issue for a long time) and then it popped back into place. Hurt badly, still hurts but less. Then my other AC started aching and now I’m...

Ok,new guy here. I’m 49 years old, been training for 30 years. 5’11”, 235. Heavy basics, low reps, eat a lot, don’t compete. So for the past 10 years i have been dealing with a nagging injury in my rhomboids i believe. Knots and deep pain under my shoulder blades. Sometimes it flares up on the...

I have been lifting 3 days a week for about 8 weeks. About 4 days ago I finished my weights session and immediatly had trouble breathing in, I can still breath but it just doesn't feel like a good full breath, even though my lungs are completely expanded. I keep trying to yawn to get more air in...

Hey guys. So I went real heavy benching. Prob remember me from the tendonitis post. Anyway I'm 6 weeks from injury date. Went real heavy benching. Next day had shoulder inflammation and pain. Thought it was tendonitis. Gave it some time. Got better and better. Scheduled app with an ortho at the...

Hey everyone. I need some advice. In the past year, I have pulled a back muscle at least 3 times in the same spot while doing deadlifts. I have been weightlifting for about 6 years now and am aware of my form while doing deadlifts. The most recent time, I was deadlifting half the weight I usually...

Hi all, Has anyone experience severe knee pain after single leg lunges 24 hrs after lifting? I've been coming back to the gym regularly after On/Off sessions during the pandemic, so I've been taking it easy with the complex lifts. I thought that instead of barbell squats I would do single leg...

As per title. Now there's a deep sharp stinging pain in the back of the hip where the gluteus medius muscle attaches. It's not super serious but definitely uncomfortable. It shows up when I bend down/over, squat a little to pick up objects, or get up from my seat or seat down etc. Has anyone...

It was upper body day and after I had gotten done with my workout I thought to myself a dead hang sounded nice.... Well apparently I didn't know I was supposed to keep active shoulders and just hung there and let everything just sink down. Nothing bad happened immediately but a few hours after my...