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So I have had shoulder pain for alomst 8 months now. Doc had me on anti inflamatories and an MRI done but nothing showed up. It seems their is a lump on my shoulder. Is this from inflammation? What can I do in order for me to be able to bench pain free again?
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It's a small but for the most part unnoticeable lump? Have you had an injury that you can track the shoulder pain to?Originally posted by dexterwheeler View Post
I had an MRI and the ortho said it showed no visible tear. He said if the pain continued that they could pursue an exploratory surgery. Just dig around in there to see what the MRI may have missed.
I've opted to avoid that opportunity as my pain is not severe. My benching sucks but it's pretty much always sucked. One recommendation would be to switch to dumbbells for your benching and have the bottom of the stroke end with your palms facing each other. You may also want to shorten the range of motion.
Patient: Doc, it hurts when I do that.
Doctor: Don't do that!
Please post a follow-up.
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yeah its a small lump but feels like a bone. was bench was good before bu now it hurts and my chest sucksComment
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my boyfriend has had these huge knots/lumps in his calves and a few in his shoulders. they dont hurt him, unless he massages them. I wonder what they are from..not stretching?Comment
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I'm not an orthopedic surgeon. I don't have any actual knowledge of your situation, however I do believe I have a similar "small lump but feels like a bone" situation on my right shoulder. I suspect it's a tissue build up, but I'm not certain what it's from. A year or so ago I was benching on a Hammer seated bench machine and overloaded the thing. Was shooting for 6 - 8 reps but could only squeeze out one frigging rep. It didn't hurt at the time, but it was definitely a beast to get that single. I believe I overstressed something in my rotator area.Originally posted by dexterwheeler View Post
That combined with repetitive overuse of my shoulder during marathon sessions on the computer (and seated in an especially non ergonomic seating arrangement) could be the joint culprits.
If I had all the time in the world and all the medical coverage available, I'd probably have a doctor look around in there. They'd do that with a scope? There's a great "shoulder injury" thread over on bb.com where the question was recently asked, something like, "If you could have the choice of whether or not to get your rotator cuff surgery performed again or not, would you have it done?"
The overwhelming response has been: "YES!"
I'm sure some have had less than satisfactory results, but it's been 100% from the group replying over there.
I hope you get some relief. Thankfully, my shoulder hasn't been so awfully bad.
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could be totally different but i had a small lump/knot on my lat that bothered me during pull-ups and back work but thankfully i felt a pop during some dumbell rows and it dissapeared. doc said it was a cyst that popped. you may have a cyst? if not it was a nice story to share lolComment
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